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wpcentral Microsoft Windows Family of computer operating systems developed by Microsoft Microsoft Windows, commonly referred to as Windows, is a group of several proprietary graphical operating system families, all of which are developed and marketed by Microsoft. Each family caters to a certain sector of the computing industry. Active Microsoft Windows families include Windows NT and Windows IoT; these may encompass subfamilies, (e.g. Windows Server or Windows Embedded Compact) (Windows CE). Genealogy By marketing role Microsoft, the developer of Windows, has registered several trademarks, each of which denotes a family of Windows operating systems that target a specific sector of the computing industry. The following Windows families are no longer being developed: Windows 9x: An operating system that targeted consumers market. Version history The term Windows collectively describes any or all of several generations of Microsoft operating system products. Early versions Windows 3.x Windows 9x Windows NT Windows XP Xbox OS

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