Getting started with Windows
Remarks#
Windows is a series of operating systems developed and published by software company Microsoft.
you can get expanded information from Wikipedia - Microsoft Windows
Versions#
Desktop versions
| Version | Date |
|---|---|
| DOS | 1981-08-01 |
| 1.01 | 1985-11-20 |
| 1.02 | 1986-05-01 |
| 1.03 | 1986-08-01 |
| 1.04 | 1986-04-01 |
| 2.03 | 1987-12-09 |
| 2.10 | 1988-05-27 |
| 2.11 | 1989-03-13 |
| 3.0 | 1990-05-22 |
| 3.1 | 1992-04-22 |
| NT 3.1 | 1993-06-27 |
| Workgroups 3.11 | 1993-11-01 |
| 3.2 | 1993-11-22 |
| NT 3.5 | 1994-09-22 |
| NT 3.51 | 1995-05-30 |
| 95 | 1995-07-24 |
| NT 4.0 | 1996-07-24 |
| 98 | 1998-06-25 |
| 2000 | 2000-02-17 |
| ME | 2000-08-14 |
| XP | 2001-10-25 |
| XP Professional x64 | 2005-04-25 |
| Vista | 2007-01-30 |
| 7 | 2009-10-22 |
| 8 | 2012-10-26 |
| 8.1 | 2013-10-17 |
| 10 | 2015-07-29 |
| 10 Anniversary update | 2016-08-01 |
Server versions
| Version | Date |
|---|---|
| NT 3.1 | 1993-08-01 |
| NT 3.5 | 1994-09-01 |
| NT 3.51 | 1996-06-14 |
| NT 4.0 | 1995-07-29 |
| 2000 | 2000-02-17 |
| Server 2003 | 2003-04-01 |
| Server 2003 R2 | 2006-12-01 |
| Server 2008 R2 | 2009-07-01 |
| Server 2012 | 2012-08-01 |
| Server 2012 R2 | 2013-10-01 |
| Server 2016 | 2016-09-01 |
Mobile versions
| Version | Date |
|---|---|
| Pocket PC 2000 | 2000-04-19 |
| Pocket PC 2002 | 2001-10-01 |
| Mobile 2003 | 2003-06-23 |
| Mobile 2003 SE | 2003-03-24 |
| Mobile 5.0 | 2005-05-09 |
| Mobile 6.0 | 2007-01-03 |
| Mobile 6.1 | 2008-04-01 |
| Mobile 6.5 | 2009-05-11 |
| Phone 7 | 2010-10-21 |
| Phone 7.5 | 2011-09-27 |
| Phone 7.8 | 2013-02-01 |
| Phone 8 | 2012-10-29 |
| Phone 8.1 | 2014-08-15 |
| 10 Mobile | 2016-11-20 |
Information
The History
Microsoft windows is an operating system available in 137 languages, wrote in C,C++ & Assembly , can be installed on “ARM, IA-32, Itanium, x86-64, DEC Alpha, MIPS, PowerPC” platforms
first release was in November 20 ,1985 as windows 1.0
with about 2 billion PC(personal computer) windows is the most used operating system