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, 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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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. Donald Trump:

   The Red Hen Restaurant should focus more on cleaning The Red Hen Restaurant filthy canopies, doors and windows( badly needs a paint job) rather than refusing to serve a fine person like Sarah Huckabee Sanders. I always had a rule, if a restaurant is dirty on the outside, it is dirty on the inside !

2. Sylvia Ortiz-Velez:

   Then his mother broke the windows with her arms and was able to locate him and barely made it out with her own life.

3. Jen Psaki:

   Storming the Capitol in an attempt to hold the peaceful transition of power is not legitimate political discourse, neither is attacking and injuring over 140 police officers, smashing windows and defiling offices.

4. Manuel Caldeira:

   They took food, they broke the display windows, they stole scales and point of sale terminals, we weren't here (when it happened), we got here and found all of this destroyed.

5. 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?

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. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=windows
5. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html