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    Microsoft Windows is a series of graphical operating systems developed by Microsoft that was first released in 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS. Windows has since become the dominant personal computer operating system, holding over 90% of the market share. The latest versions are Windows 8 for PCs, Windows Phone 8 for mobile devices, and Windows Server 2012 for servers. Windows is programmed in languages like C, C++ and Assembly and uses a graphical user interface based on the Windows shell.

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    Microsoft Windows is a series of graphical operating systems developed by Microsoft that was first released in 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS. Windows has since become the dominant personal computer operating system, holding over 90% of the market share. The latest versions are Windows 8 for PCs, Windows Phone 8 for mobile devices, and Windows Server 2012 for servers. Windows is programmed in languages like C, C++ and Assembly and uses a graphical user interface based on the Windows shell.

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    Microsoft Windows is a series of graphical operating systems developed by Microsoft that was first released in 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS. Windows has since become the dominant personal computer operating system, holding over 90% of the market share. The latest versions are Windows 8 for PCs, Windows Phone 8 for mobile devices, and Windows Server 2012 for servers. Windows is programmed in languages like C, C++ and Assembly and uses a graphical user interface based on the Windows shell.

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    WINDOWS

    Company / developer Programmed in OS family Working state Source model Initial release Microsoft C, C++ and Assembly language[1] Windows 9x, Windows CE and Windows NT Publicly released Closed source / Shared source November 20, 1985; 26 years ago (as Windows 1.0) Windows 8 NT 6.2 (Build 9200) (October 26, 2012; 4 days ago) Windows Server 2012 NT 6.2 (Build 9200) (September 4, 2012; 56 days ago) []
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    Latest unstable release Marketing target Available language(s) Update method Supported platforms Kernel type Default user interface License Official website

    Personal computing Multilingual (listing of available Windows 7 language packs) Windows Update, Windows Anytime Upgrade ARM, IA-32, x86-64 and Itanium Hybrid (Windows NT family), DOS (16-bit Windows and Windows 9x/ME series) Graphical (Windows Shell) Proprietary commercial software windows.microsoft.com

    INTRODUCTION
    Microsoft Windows is a series of graphical interface operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Microsoft. Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces (GUIs).[2] Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal computer market with over 90% market share, overtaking Mac OS, which had been introduced in 1984. The most recent client version of Windows is Windows 8; the most recent mobile client version is Windows Phone 8; the most recent server version is Windows Server 2012.

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