Windows
See also: windows
English
Etymology
From windows, in reference to the user-interface display elements.
Proper noun
Windows
- (operating systems, trademark) Microsoft Windows, an operating system with a WIMP graphical user interface that dominates the personal computer market.
Derived terms
- PWI
- UWP
- W95
- W98
- WAMP
- WASAPI
- WCF
- WDI
- WDM
- WF
- WIA
- Win
- Win16
- Win32
- Win64
- Win7
- Winblows
- Windows-1252
- Windows key
- Windoze
- Windross
- Windvocate
- WinJS
- Winkey
- Winmodem
- WinRT
- Winsock
- wintard
- Wintel
- Wintroll
- WinVNC
- WinXP
- WISA
- WMA
- WMF
- WMI
- WMV
- WoW
- WP
- WPA
- WPF
- WRP
- WSS
- WU
Translations
Microsoft Windows
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German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wɪndoːs/, /vɪndoːs/
- IPA(key): /wɪndɔs/, /vɪndɔs/ (influenced by the predecessor MS-DOS)
Audio (file) Audio (file)
Proper noun
Windows n (proper noun, strong, genitive Windows)
- (operating systems, trademark) Microsoft Windows, an operating system with a graphical user interface that dominates the personal computer market.
Japanese
Etymology
From English Windows.
Proper noun
Windows • (Windōzu)
- Windows