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Windows
A metafamily of graphical operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Microsoft. It consists of several families of operating systems (Windows NT, Windows Embedded, Windows 9x, Windows Mobile and Windows Phone).
| First released | 1985 |
| Developed by | Microsoft |
| Latest stable version | Windows 11 |
| Open-source | No |
| Used by | IBM, Microsoft, Amazon |
Interesting facts
By the August 2014, operating systems of the Windows family, according to the Net Applications resource, employ about 89% of personal computers.
