Microsoft Windows Last modified: Thursday, July 14, 2005
A family of operating systems for personal computers. Windows dominates the personal computer world, running, by some estimates, on 90% of all personal computers. The remaining 10% are mostly Macintosh computers. Like the Macintosh operating environment, Windows provides a graphical user interface (GUI), virtual memory management, multitasking, and support for many peripheral devices. Find out more about Your Windows System Registry in Webopedia's "Did You Know...?" section.
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