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|name                = Microsoft Windows
|logo                = [[File:Windows logo.svg|250px|Windows logo]]
|screenshot          = [[File:Windows 7.png|300px|Windows 8 desktop]]
|caption            = The latest Windows release, [[Windows 7]], showing desktop and start menu
|website            = {{URL|windows.microsoft.com}}
|developer          = [[Microsoft]]
|source_model        = [[Closed source]] / [[Shared source]]
|released            = {{Start date and age|1985|11|20}} (as [[Windows 1.0]])
|family              = [[Windows 9x]], [[Windows CE]] and [[Windows NT]]
|source_model        = [[Closed source software|Closed source]] / [[Shared source]]
|frequently_updated  = yes <!-- Release version update? Don't edit this page, just click on the version number! -->
|marketing_target    = Personal computing
|kernel_type        = [[Hybrid kernel|Hybrid]] (Windows NT family), [[DOS]] (16-bit Windows and Windows 9x/ME series)
|ui                  = [[Graphical User Interface|Graphical]] ([[Windows Shell]])
|programmed_in      = [[C Programming Language|C]], [[C++]] and [[Assembly language]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/winntas/training/ntarchitectoview/ntarc_2.mspx |title=NT Server Training: Architectural Overview. Lesson 2&nbsp;– Windows NT System Overview. |work=Microsoft TechNet |publisher=Microsoft |accessdate=December 9, 2010}}</ref>
|license            = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]] [[commercial software]]
|language            = Multilingual ([http://msdn.microsoft.com/goglobal/ee461121#AvailableLanguagePacks listing of available Windows 7 language packs])
|working_state      = Publicly released
|supported_platforms = [[ARM Architecture|ARM]], [[IA-32]], [[x86-64]] and [[Itanium]]
|updatemodel        = [[Windows Update]], [[Windows Anytime Upgrade]]
}}
'''Microsoft Windows''' is a series of [[graphical user interface|graphical interface]] [[operating system]]s 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 interface]]s (GUIs).<ref name=aboutcomnov>{{cite web |url=http://inventors.about.com/od/mstartinventions/a/Windows.htm?rd=1 |title=The Unusual History of Microsoft Windows |accessdate=April 22, 2007}}</ref> Microsoft Windows came to [[Market dominance|dominate]] the world's [[personal computer]] market, overtaking [[Mac OS]], which had been introduced in 1984.
The most recent client version of Windows is [[Windows 7]]; the most recent [[Server (computing)|server]] version is [[Windows Server 2008 R2]]; the most recent [[Mobile operating system|mobile]] version is [[Windows Phone|Windows Phone 7.5]].The most recent unstable release is [[Windows 8]].

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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 to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces (GUIs).<ref name=aboutcomnov>Template:Cite web</ref> Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal computer market, overtaking Mac OS, which had been introduced in 1984.

The most recent client version of Windows is Windows 7; the most recent server version is Windows Server 2008 R2; the most recent mobile version is Windows Phone 7.5.The most recent unstable release is Windows 8.