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Microsoft Windows (Computer file)


  • URI(s)

  • Work Begun

    • (edtf) 1985-11-20
  • Variants

    • Windows (Computer file)
    • Chicago (Computer file)
    • Microsoft Windows 95
    • Windows 95
    • Microsoft Windows CE
    • Windows CE
    • Pegasus (Computer file)
    • Windows for workgroups
    • Microsoft Windows for workgroups
    • Windows 98
    • Microsoft Windows 98
    • Windows 2000 professional
    • Windows 2000
    • Microsoft Windows 2000
    • Microsoft Windows Me millennium edition
    • Windows Me
    • Microsoft Windows XP (Computer file)
    • Windows XP
    • Microsoft Windows Vista
    • Windows Vista
    • Microsoft Windows 7
    • Windows 7
    • Windows 8
    • Windows 10
  • Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

  • Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

  • Sources

    • found: Microsoft website, Jan. 22, 2001(Windows Me)
    • found: Durant, D. Programmer's guide to Windows, c1988:t.p. (Microsoft Windows) p. xvii (Windows)
    • found: LC data base, 7/11/88(hdg.: Microsoft Windows (Computer program); usage: Windows; Microsoft Windows)
    • found: Microsoft Windows [CF] c1987
    • found: Computer Technology Research Corp. Chicago, 1994:CIP t.p. (Chicago) CIP data sheet (code-name of Microsoft's not yet released 32-bit desktop operating system integrating DOS and Windows)
    • found: Phone call to Microsoft Corp., 11-14-94(Microsoft Windows 95; successor to Microsoft Windows 3.1; final name for Chicago)
    • found: Microsoft Windows 95 WWW site, FAQ page, 8-15-95(first version of Windows using Microsoft's new version numbering system based on release year; successor to Windows 3.x and Windows for Workgroups 3.x)
    • found: Designing Windows 95 help, c1996.
    • found: Introducing Microsoft Windows CE, 1997:CIP descriptive material from publisher (implementation of Windows 95 interface plus Office applications in 4MB of ROM on handheld device that uses a stylus for data entry; codenamed Pegasus)
    • found: Microsoft Windows CE WWW site, About and Q & A pages, 01-29-97(open, scalable Windows platform for a range of communications, entertainment, and mobile-computing devices such as handheld PCs, digital information pages, cellular smart phones, digital video disc (DVD) players, Internet TVs, digital set-top boxes, and Internet Web phones; licensed platform for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs); Microsoft has no plans to offer Windows CE through retail channels)
    • found: Borland, R. Windows for workgroups companion, 1993:t.p. (Windows for workgroups)
    • found: Queen, J. Building local area networks with Windows for Workgroups, c1993:CIP t.p. (Windows for Workgroups) galley ("Windows for Workgroups is an extension of the basic Windows 3.1 platform")
    • found: Microsoft Windows for workgroups [CF], 1992:disk label (Microsoft Windows for workgroups)
    • found: Using Windows 98, c1998:t.p. (Windows 98) cover (Microsoft Windows 98)
    • found: Windows 2000 professional for dummies, c1999:t.p. (Windows 2000 professional) p. 2 (Windows 2000)
    • found: Sams teach yourself Microsoft Windows Me millennium edition, c2000.
    • found: Microsoft website, Jan. 24, 2001(Windows Me)
    • found: Stanek, William R. Microsoft Windows XP professional administrator's pocket consultant, 2001:CIP t.p. (Microsoft Windows XP)
    • found: Microsoft Windows Vista unveiled, 2006:t.p. (Microsoft Windows Vista) cover (Windows Vista)
    • found: Gaskin, Shelley. Go! with. Microsoft Windows 7 introductory, 2010.
    • found: Exam 70-688 managing and maintaining Windows 8, 2013:ECIP t.p. (Windows 8)
    • found: Easy Windows 10, 2015.
    • found: Wikipedia, viewed Sept. 14, 2015(Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows
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  • Change Notes

    • 1988-07-25: new
    • 2016-03-05: revised
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