Definitions for Windows
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Windowsnoun

   (trademark) an operating system with a graphical user interface

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. windows

   Windows is a group of several proprietary graphical operating system families developed and marketed by Microsoft. Each family caters to a certain sector of the computing industry. For example, Windows NT for consumers, Windows Server for servers, and Windows IoT for embedded systems. Defunct Windows families include Windows 9x, Windows Mobile, and Windows Phone. The first version of Windows was released on November 20, 1985, as a graphical operating system shell for MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces (GUIs).Windows is the most popular desktop operating system in the world, with 75% market share as of April 2022, according to StatCounter. However, Windows is not the most used operating system when including both mobile and desktop OSes, due to Android's massive growth.As of September 2022, the most recent version of Windows is Windows 11 for consumer PCs and tablets, Windows 11 Enterprise for corporations, and Windows Server 2022 for servers.

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1. Windows

   Windows is a 1980 thriller starring Talia Shire, Joseph Cortese and Elizabeth Ashley, directed by Gordon Willis.

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1. windowsnoun

   Plural noun of window.

   There are at least ten windows in our house, that doesn't include the glass panels in the doors.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 21, 2016  

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. WINDOWS

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Windows is ranked #116201 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Windows surname appeared 150 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Windows.
   
   88% or 132 total occurrences were White.
   10% or 15 total occurrences were Black.

Matched Categories

1. • Operating System

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Windows' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1168

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Windows' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1340

How to pronounce Windows?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Windows in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Windows in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Windows in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Windows in a Sentence

1. Charlotte Simpson:

   We told them the baby was in there, we were in the shade, and the windows were down. It was living. I mean, why in the world?

2. Alain Fontaine:

   Tourists would know where to go in Paris, if they want to meet Parisians in bistros and on terraces, there would be a label, we will be in the guide, there will be signs in the windows reading 'this establishment is recognized as a world heritage site by UNESCO'.

3. Steve Wadlington:

   Existing water damage can lead to big problems if left untreated, look for evidence around sinks, plumbing fixtures, and under windows for mold, broken caulking and leaking around sinks, or bubbling paint on drywall.

4. Michelle Kondo:

   One thing we do know : In areas where neighbors are coming together to do gardening, there is less gun violence -- as opposed to hiring contractors to come in and do the work. There's more social cohesion, and people activate [ public ] spaces, there's also the broken windows theory -- when Michelle Kondo see a space that's uncared for.

5. Mariam Farzayee:

   He was talking to me about he’s terrified for his own life and he feels so helpless and doesn’t know what he can really do from there, he said the night before, the Taliban had come to his house and they broke a ton of windows in his neighborhood and they also broke the windows in his cars. He said all he could do was shelter in place because there’s really nothing he can do.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Windows
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Windows
4. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html