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Windows 2.0
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16-bit Microsoft Windows GUI-based operating environment
Windows 2.0 was a graphical operating environment released by Microsoft in the mid-1980s that let users interact with their computers through windows, icons, and a mouse instead of typing text commands. It represented an important early step in making personal computers more accessible and user-friendly for everyday people.
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- 1987-12-09
- software version identifier
- 2.03
- inception
- 1987-12-09
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- Microsoft Windows 2.x
- discontinuation date
- 2001-12-31
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Windows 2.0 is a major release of Microsoft Windows, a family of graphical user shells and operating systems developed by Microsoft. It was released to manufacturing on December 9, 1987, as a successor to Windows 1.0.
The product includes two different variants: a base edition for 8086 real mode, and Windows/386, an enhanced edition for i386 protected mode. Windows 2.0 differs from its predecessor by allowing users to overlap and resize application windows, while the operating environment also introduced desktop icons, keyboard shortcuts, and support for 16-color VGA graphics. It also introduced Microsoft Word and Excel.