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Microsoft Windows
Last modified: Thursday, July 14, 2005 

A family of operating systems for personal computers. Windows dominates the personal computer world, running, by some estimates, on 90% of all personal computers. The remaining 10% are mostly Macintosh computers. Like the Macintosh operating environment, Windows provides a graphical user interface (GUI), virtual memory management, multitasking, and support for many peripheral devices.

Find out more about Your Windows System Registry in Webopedia's "Did You Know...?" section.

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Comprehensive collection of links to Windows news, tutorials, opinions, reviews, and tips.

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Explains the history of Microsoft Windows, and differentiates the original Windows from Windows NT and Windows 95. A hotlist of useful Windows-related resources is also provided.

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Yahoo!'s directory of Microsoft Windows.

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