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Definitions for windows
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Princeton's WordNet
Windowsnoun
(trademark) an operating system with a graphical user interface
Wikipedia
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.
ChatGPT
windows
Windows, in a technological context, refers to a popular operating system developed and marketed by the Microsoft Corporation. It provides a graphical interface for users to manage files, folders, and applications on their computer. The term "Windows" can also refer to the rectangular viewing area on a computer screen in graphical-based operating systems. Additionally, in architectural context, windows are openings in a wall, door or vehicle that allow the passage of light, sound, and air, usually covered by glass or other transparent material.
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Windows
Windows is a 1980 thriller starring Talia Shire, Joseph Cortese and Elizabeth Ashley, directed by Gordon Willis.
Editors Contribution
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 Records
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.
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'windows' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1168
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'windows' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1340
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of windows in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of windows in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of windows in a Sentence
You’re in your boxers in a room with no windows that’s freezing cold and smells like piss.
It was built in 1929, which is old for Laguna, i mean, it's not falling down, but it's not far from falling down. There's no heating system, there's no air conditioning, half the wiring doesn't work, the plumbing is really bad, there's no insulation, there are multiple broken windows… so I've had to make some quick temporary changes to make sure it's safe for Hudson. But the bones of it are perfect. In fact, I don't want to change that at all. I just want to update the house in a really sympathetic way.
Nancy Pelosi did not charter a whole bunch of buses to bring in Antifa to the Capitol to break in the windows to create some sort of false flag operation to make the Republican Party look bad.
I had a group of folks show up at my doorstep, banging on my door, banging on my windows, harassing my neighbors, screaming obscenities into my daughter's bedroom and yelling into bullhorns asking me to come out and threatening my life, members, quite frankly, I'm done with the entire thing. I'm done with the threats ... I am prepared to put an end to this.
It almost sounded like a vehicle of some sort ran into the house, the house shook and the windows shook, and it was you know, pretty crazy.
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