Brian Cryer's Glossary of IT Terms with Links

Windows

Windows

Windows is a family of operating systems developed by Microsoft, which uses a graphical user interface (GUI) instead of a command line one.

Windows is a generic term encompassing all the different versions of Windows released by Microsoft and includes:

Windows 10
Windows 8 (Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro, Windows 8 Enterprise, Windows 8 RT)
Windows 2012 Server
Windows 2008 Server
Windows 7 (Ultimate, Enterprise, Professional, Home Premium, Home Basic or Starter)
Windows Vista (Ultimate, Business, Home Premium or Home Basic)
Windows 2003 Server
Windows XP (Home or Professional)
Windows 2000 (Server or Professional, which are collectively known as Windows 2000)
Windows NT 4 (Server or Workstation, which are collectively known as Windows NT)
Windows NT 3.5 - collectively known as Windows NT
Windows ME - collectively known as Windows 9x
Windows 98SE - collectively known as Windows 9x
Windows 98SE was a second release of Windows 98 with some additional features not found in the original release.
Windows 98 - collectively known as Windows 9x
Windows 95 - collectively known as Windows 9x
Windows 3.11 - also known as Windows for Workgroups (WFW)
Windows 3.1 - Windows 3, 3.1 and 3.11 are also collectively referred to as Windows 3.x
Windows 3 (Windows 3.0)
Windows 2
Windows 1

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