What does Windows mean?

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Windowsnoun

    (trademark) an operating system with a graphical user interface

Wikipedia

  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.

ChatGPT

  1. 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.

Wikidata

  1. Windows

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

Editors Contribution

  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 Records

  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.

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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

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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. Tina Reddington:

    Be sure to install high-quality metal screens on all windows and provide a variety of scratching posts and perches for the cats to use.

  2. Anthony Fauci:

    I keep the mask on, keep the windows open.

  3. Wang Chin-tsung:

    After checking the surveillance video footage and surveying the hotel room, police found the windows to be closed and did not see any signs of a break-in or fighting, nor did we find any wounds on Ou Yang's body.

  4. Daniel Ives:

    It's a necessary evil as CEO Satya Nadella and Microsoft have recognized the 'golden goose' and major revenue opportunities will happen after the upgrades have taken place microsoft needs to lay seeds for its cloud-centric strategy and Windows 10 is the epicenter of that strategy. It's all about making it attractive for the ecosystem to upgrade onto this next-generation platform.

  5. Microsoft President Brad Smith:

    If somebody from The US government believes that Windows on a laptop sold by Huawei would create a national security risk to the United States, then of course United States's something that we want to talk about... but we don't think United States is United States.

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