Windows

  • (noun): (trademark) an operating system with a graphical user interface.

Some articles on windows:

Filename Extension - Security Issues
... The default behavior of Windows Explorer, the file browser provided with Microsoft Windows, is for filename extensions not to be shown ... Later Windows versions (starting with Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows Server 2003) included customizable lists of filename extensions that should be considered "dangerous" in certain "zones" of operation, such ... crafted to exploit vulnerabilities in some Windows applications which could cause a stack-based buffer overflow when opening a file with an overly long, unhandled filename ...
PagePlus
... was released in 1991 as the first commercial sub-£100 DTP package for Microsoft Windows ... latest release is PagePlus X6, which runs on Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 ...
Hubbardston, Massachusetts - History
... to the town, he promised to provide the glass for the windows of the first meeting house built in town ... make his liberality more conspicuous, the people planned for extra windows ... of Hubbardston received nothing and was obliged to glaze the windows at its own expense ...
Zune Software - Zune Marketplace - Platforms
... The Zune software for Windows PCs offers the entire selection of music, podcasts, videos, and applications ... Zune devices, Windows Phone devices and the Microsoft Kin phones permit the download and streaming of music Windows Phone devices additionally allow the download of applications ...
Wintel - Dominance
... However, the integration of DOS into Windows 95 was the masterstroke not only were the other operating system vendors frozen out, Microsoft could now require computer ... For example, the Windows key advertising symbols on all modern keyboards, or the strict license restrictions on what may or may not be displayed ... of an unexpectedly high proportion of 16-bit code in Windows 95 ...

Famous quotes containing the word windows:

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    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    this frenzy,
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    Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    The house of my body has spoken
    often as you rebuild me like blocks,
    and promise to come visit
    when I’m finally adjusted on safe land,
    and am livable, joist to joist
    with storm windows and screens ...
    Anne Sexton (1928–1974)