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A Microsoft Windows 1.0 brochure published in January 1986. Microsoft showed its desire to develop a graphical user interface (GUI) as early as 1981. [1] The development of Windows began after Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft and the lead developer of Windows, saw a demonstration at COMDEX 1982 of VisiCorp's Visi On, a GUI software suite for IBM PC compatible computers. [2]
Windows IoT Enterprise branded editions, version 1809 and older, are binary identical to their respective Windows 10 Enterprise editions – Long-Term Servicing Branch (LTSB), Current Branch for Business (CBB), Semi-Annual Channel (SAC), and Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) – but are licensed exclusively for use in embedded devices. [3]
Microsoft implemented a new strategy for the software industry, providing a consistent user experience across all smartphones using the Windows Phone OS. It launched an alliance with Nokia in 2011 and Microsoft worked closely with the company to co-develop Windows Phone, [81] but remained partners with long-time Windows Mobile OEM HTC. [82]
When its successor, Windows 3.1, was released, sales totaled about 10 million copies, [1] and a year later the Windows series would overtake DOS as the bestselling application of all time. [ 60 ] Windows 3.0 is regarded in retrospect as a turning point in the future of Microsoft, being attributed to its later dominance in the operating system ...
Windows 98 Second Edition (often shortened to Windows 98 SE and sometimes to Win98 SE or 98 SE) [73] is an updated version of Windows 98 released on June 10, 1999, eight months before the release of Windows 2000. [74]
The Intel C++ compiler on Microsoft Windows supports extended precision, but requires the /Qlong‑double switch for long double to correspond to the hardware's extended precision format. [3] Compilers may also use long double for the IEEE 754 quadruple-precision binary floating-point format (binary128).
"How Long" [a] is a song recorded and produced by American singer-songwriter Charlie Puth. He wrote the song with Jacob Kasher and DJ Frank E . It was released on October 5, 2017, by Atlantic Records as the second single from Puth's second studio album, Voicenotes (2018). [ 2 ]
Windows 8.1 is a release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft.It was released to manufacturing on August 27, 2013, and broadly released for retail sale on October 17, 2013, about a year after the retail release of its predecessor, and succeeded by Windows 10 on July 29, 2015.