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Overview of Microsoft Windows OS

Microsoft Windows is a series of graphical operating systems developed by Microsoft that was introduced in 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS to provide a graphical user interface. Windows came to dominate the personal computer market with over 90% market share, surpassing Mac OS which was introduced in 1984. The latest versions are Windows 8 for PCs, Windows Phone 8 for mobile, and Windows Server 2012 for servers.

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Overview of Microsoft Windows OS

Microsoft Windows is a series of graphical operating systems developed by Microsoft that was introduced in 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS to provide a graphical user interface. Windows came to dominate the personal computer market with over 90% market share, surpassing Mac OS which was introduced in 1984. The latest versions are Windows 8 for PCs, Windows Phone 8 for mobile, and Windows Server 2012 for servers.

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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 [2] to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces (GUIs). Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal computer market withover 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 recentserver version is Windows Server 2012.

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