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Microsoft Windows

family of computer operating systems developed by Microsoft
Class type of: operating system, computing platform Q1406

Facts

24 properties
Instance of
proprietary operating system, computing platform, brand, software series[4][5][6]
Inception
November 20, 1985[33]
Publication date
November 20, 1985[34]
Follows
MS-DOS[8]
Official website
windows.com, www.microsoft.com, www.microsoft.com, www.microsoft.com
Subclass of
operating system, computing platform
Short name
Windows
Copyright license
proprietary license[10]
Copyright status
copyrighted
Developer
Microsoft[9]
GUI toolkit or framework
Windows Runtime, Windows API, .NET Framework, Universal Windows Platform, .NET Compact Framework, .NET, Windows Forms, Windows Presentation Foundation
Has version, edition or translation
Windows 1.0, Windows 2.0, Windows 2.1, Windows 3.0, Windows 3.x, Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT 3.1, Windows NT 3.5, Windows NT 3.51, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows Server 2000, Windows XP, Windows XP 64 bit Edition, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows for Workgroups 3.11, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server Essentials, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows Server 2016, Windows RT, Windows Embedded Compact, Windows CE 5.0, Windows IoT, Windows Embedded Compact 7, Windows Embedded 8, Windows Embedded Automotive, Windows Embedded CE 6.0, Windows Embedded Industry, Windows Mobile, Windows Mobile 2003, Windows Mobile 5.0, Windows Mobile 6.0, Windows Mobile 6.1, Windows Mobile 6.5, Windows Phone, Windows Phone 7, Windows Phone 8, Windows Phone 8.1, Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs, Windows MultiPoint Server, Windows Preinstallation Environment, Windows Nashville, Windows 97, Windows 11, Windows CE 4.0, Windows 12, Windows 3.2, Windows Thin PC[35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48]
History of topic
Microsoft Windows version history
Inspired by
Unix
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Microsoft Windows
Named after
window[7]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
Package management system
Microsoft Store, Windows Package Manager
Platform
ARM architecture, IA-64, MIPS architecture, DEC Alpha, PowerPC, x86[27][28][29][30][31][32]
Programmed in
C, C++, assembly language[11][12][13]
Social media followers
1.1M (954k–1.1M, n=5)
Software version identifier
10.0.17133, 10.0.17134.112, 10.0.17134.228, 10.0.17763.316, 10.0.18343.1, 10.0.18841.1000, 10.0.18362.30, 10.0.18865.1000, 10.0.20215.1000, 10.0.19041.508, 10.0.22000.556, 10.0.22567.200, 10.0.28000.2179[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]
Topic has template
Template:Microsoft Windows family
Update method
Windows Update
🏷️ Also known as
en MSFT Win en Microsoft Windows en Win ar ويندوز ar مايكروسوفت ويندوز ar وِنْدُز cs MS Windows de Win fa ویندوز fa مایکروسافت ویندوز fr MS Win fr Windows PC he וינדוז he ווינדוס he ווינדואוז he מיקרוסופט וינדוס he חלונות he מיקרוסופט וינדווס he מיקרוסופט ווינדוס he מייקרוסופט ווינדוז
🔖 Identifiers · 86
VIAF cluster ID
230666902
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n88027331
GND ID
4192183-5
OpenAlex ID
C508378895
Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Online
windows
BIBSYS ID
7006728
BabelNet ID
00081305n
Baidu Tieba name
windows
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
14400232k
C64-Wiki ID
Windows
CANTIC ID
981058620339006706
Chess Programming Wiki ID
Windows
Show all 86 identifiers +74
ComputerLanguage.com definition
Microsoft+Windows
Consumer Rights Wiki article ID
7270
Danbooru tag
microsoft_windows
De Agostini ID
Windows
Described at URL
www.thecollectionbook.info
ELMCIP ID
10876
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)
4Z6eYb
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)
149203
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
technology/Windows-OS
FOLDOC ID
Microsoft+Windows, MS-Windows
Facebook username
windows
Fandom article ID
logos:Microsoft_Windows, gamicus:Microsoft_Windows, microsoft:Microsoft_Windows, computer:Microsoft_Windows, apple:Microsoft_Windows, code:Microsoft_Windows, htmlcss:Microsoft_Windows, video-game-databank:Microsoft_Windows, video-games:Microsoft_Windows
France 24 topic ID (French)
windows
Freebase ID
/m/04r_8
GAMECIP platform ID
1117
Game Classification machine ID
1
GitHub topic
windows
GitLab.com topic ID
windows
Golden ID (archived)
Microsoft_Windows-WJ64, Microsoft_Windows
Google News topics ID
CAAqIQgKIhtDQkFTRGdvSUwyMHZNRFJ5WHpnU0FuSjFLQUFQAQ
Google+ ID
113323593854424344093
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
windows
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0245975
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Windows_-_IT
Harper's tag
microsoft-windows-computer-operating-system
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
68387
IMDb keyword
microsoft-windows
Internet Game Database platform ID
win
Itch.io tag ID
platform-windows
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
windows
KBpedia ID
MSWindowsOperatingSystem
Know Your Meme slug
windows
LaunchBox Games Database platform ID
84
Lutris platform ID
windows
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
508378895
MobyGames platform ID
windows
NL CR AUT ID
ph117055
Namuwiki ID
Microsoft Windows
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810534689705606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX4997225
NicoNicoPedia word article ID
windows
ONIX codelist ID
176/10
Official blog URL
blogs.windows.com
Omni topic ID
ce02055d-13c1-4497-b4cf-97bc99e0e45c
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3996493
Open Library subject ID
microsoft_windows_(computer_file), microsoft_windows_(computer_program)
PCGamingWiki ID
Windows
PSH ID
12502
Pixiv Encyclopedia ID
windows
Quora topic ID
Microsoft-Windows
RAWG tag ID
windows
Reddit topic ID (obsolete)
microsoft_windows
SVKKL authority ID
h0001605-Microsoft-Windows-operacni-system
Stack Exchange tag
stackoverflow.com, superuser.com, ja.stackoverflow.com, serverfault.com, security.stackexchange.com, webapps.stackexchange.com, webmasters.stackexchange.com, gamedev.stackexchange.com, tex.stackexchange.com, dba.stackexchange.com, sqa.stackexchange.com, devops.stackexchange.com, reverseengineering.stackexchange.com, android.stackexchange.com, wordpress.stackexchange.com, unix.stackexchange.com, or.stackexchange.com
StrategyWiki ID
Category:Windows
Subreddit
windows
The Times of India topic ID
Windows
Topic's main category
Category:Microsoft Windows
Touhou Wiki ID
Windows, fr:Windows
Treccani's Enciclopedia della Matematica ID
windows
Treccani's Lessico del XXI Secolo ID
windows
UVL platform ID
76
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058620339006706
VideoGameGeek platform ID
4977
Vikidia article ID
en:Microsoft_Windows, it:Microsoft_Windows, fr:Microsoft_Windows
Weibo user ID
msftwindows
WikiKids ID
Microsoft_Windows
X (Twitter) topic ID
10027604610
X (Twitter) username
Windows, WindowsUK
YSO ID
10697
Yandex Object Answer id
0oCgdydXc5ODc5GAJ0pr8K
YouTube channel ID
UCVGOyzms_XJNk_DHqrffXCw
YouTube handle
MicrosoftWindows
Zhihu topic ID
19552612

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Has version, edition or translation 45
Windows 7, Windows 95, Windows Phone, Windows 1.0, Windows 2.0, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2003, Windows Mobile +37 more
Subtypes 8+
Windows 3.0, Windows 9x, Windows 3.x, Windows 2.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows XP Embedded, Windows 365, Windows Embedded Standard 7
Platform 5
ARM architecture, PowerPC, MIPS architecture, DEC Alpha, IA-64
GUI toolkit or framework 4
Windows API, Windows Presentation Foundation, .NET Compact Framework, Windows Runtime
Instance of 3
brand, computing platform, proprietary operating system
Package management system 2
Microsoft Store, Windows Package Manager
Programmed in 2
C++, assembly language
Subclass of 2
operating system, computing platform
Copyright license 1
proprietary license
Developer 1
Microsoft
Examples 1+
Windows 10 Home
History of topic 1
Microsoft Windows version history
Named after 1
window
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
Topic has template 1
Template:Microsoft Windows family
Topic's main category 1
Category:Microsoft Windows
Update method 1
Windows Update
← Developer 1+
Windows Firewall
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Summary

Microsoft Windows is a proprietary operating system[1]. It is a type of operating system[2] and computing platform[3].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for Microsoft Windows include Windows 93[49], a website[50] and Winux[51], a Linux distribution[52].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Microsoft Windows include Windows 93[49], a website[50] and Winux[51], a Linux distribution[52].

🛰️ Living Edge · news-derived, source-cited

high ≥ 0.90 · emerging ≥ 0.65 · low below — calibrated against hand-rated truth (single-source .44 · two-source .62 · production-typical .70), so a band is a measurement, not a promise. High is rare by design: it needs both a supported assertion and an evidence sentence. A confirmed or contradicted chip is a Wikidata cross-check; no chip means Wikidata has no value for that property — the ordinary case here, and it says nothing either way. A confirm-only note marks a property whose check can never disagree (Wikidata's border and capital data is not exhaustive), so silence there is a limit of the check, not of the claim.

served-tier precision 80.7% [76.2, 84.5] · rated rows currently served n=342 · entailment-gated at 0.85 · measured 2026-09-29 · re-scored every 10 min, demoted at the half-hourly fold

Manufacturer Microsoft high0.9317 independent sources

evidence “Disk Defragmenter was a wonderful utility that Microsoft included with Windows back in the day.” hackaday.com · read source

competitor 4ort Linux emerging0.804 independent sources

evidence “While Linux has evolved substantially over the years, most modern games are still developed for Windows.” makeuseof.com · read source

competitor 4ort Apple emerging0.662 independent sources

evidence “With Windows continuing to introduce new touchscreen devices and 2-in-1s to the market, Apple stood firm on its resolve over the next few years – but the manufacturer experimented with bridge technologies like the touchbar, which was eventually phased out.” techradar.com · read source

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [50] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [52] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6d ago · Carbonaro. · 2026-11-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Added [bg] label: Microsoft Windows"
  2. 10d ago · Spiral6800 · 2026-11-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Source code repository URL → —
    "Removed claim: Source code repository URL: https://github.com/Microsoft"
  3. 5w ago · Rose Abrams · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed labels, descriptions or aliases: Cleanup: remove alias=label/mul (Difool/WikidataCleanup)"
  4. 11w ago · Piotr Osada · 2026-08-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National Library of Poland MMS ID → 9810534689705606
    "Created claim: National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810534689705606"
  5. 15w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at URL → https://www.thecollectionbook.info/windows/all
    "Removed claim: Described at URL: https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Microsoft_Windows, migrated to ‎P14350 (details)"
  6. 17w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Consumer Rights Wiki article ID → 7270
    "Created claim: Consumer Rights Wiki article ID: 7270, Matched to Microsoft Windows (#297029211) in ‎Consumer Rights…"
  7. 17w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) → 4Z6eYb
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #40849: ZGBK ID"
  8. 18w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-07-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Danbooru tag → microsoft_windows
    "Created claim: Danbooru tag: microsoft_windows, Matched to microsoft windows (#181686052) in Dan…"
  9. 21w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → microsoft-windows-computer-operating-system
    "Created claim: Harper's tag: microsoft-windows-computer-operating-system, Matched to microsoft windows computer operating system (#289942…"
  10. 21w ago · Comfyquiettree · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Chess Programming Wiki ID → Windows
    "Created claim: Chess Programming Wiki ID: Windows, Matched to Windows (#293507214) in Chess Programming Wiki…"
  11. 21w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → h0001605-Microsoft-Windows-operacni-system
    "Created claim: SVKKL authority ID: h0001605-Microsoft-Windows-operacni-system, batch #259599"
  12. 22w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-06-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    FOLDOC ID → Microsoft+Windows, MS-Windows
    "Changed labels, descriptions, aliases and claims: Cleanup: remove self_stated_in refs; remove alias=label/mul; split multiple reference URLs;"
  13. 23w ago · Riki · 2026-06-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 10.0.17133, 10.0.17134.112, 10.0.17134.228 +10
    "Created claim: Software version identifier: 10.0.28000.2179"
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