Q11248

personal computer operating system developed by Microsoft

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Q11248 is Windows, a personal computer operating system created by Microsoft that became the most widely used operating system in the world. It matters because it has shaped how billions of people interact with computers for work, communication, and entertainment since its introduction in the 1980s.

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Official website: windows.microsoft.com/ru-ru/windows/products/windows-xp
Image: Windows XP booting on Sony Vaio 20100216.jpg

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Commons category: Microsoft Windows XP
Stack Exchange tag: stackoverflow.com/tags/windows-xp
inception: 2001-08-24
working title: Whistler
software version identifier: 5.1.2600.5687
user manual URL: technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491054.aspx
discontinuation date: 2014-04-08

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Windows XP is a major release of Microsoft's Windows NT operating system. It was released to manufacturing on August 24, 2001, and later to retail on October 25, 2001. It is a direct successor to Windows 2000 for high-end and business users and Windows Me for home users.

Development of Windows XP began in the late 1990s under the codename "Neptune", built on the Windows NT kernel, and explicitly intended for mainstream consumer use. An updated version of Windows 2000 was also initially planned for the business market. However, in January 2000, both projects were scrapped in favor of a single OS codenamed "Whistler", which would serve as a single platform for both consumer and business markets. As a result, Windows XP is the first consumer edition of Windows not based on the Windows 95 kernel or MS-DOS.