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Common noun

Windows is the plural form of window.

Computer Software

A window, in computer terms, is a rectangular frame in a graphical user interface (GUI), inside which a program runs. Window managers, desktop environments or operating systems that manage or use this feature are often named after these windows, such as:

• X Windows, an unofficial name for the Unix/Linux/BSD GUI X Window System since about 1984
• Microsoft Windows, a family of Microsoft operating systems since about 1985
• OpenWindows, a GUI for the Solaris Operating System from 1989 to about 2002
• DECwindows, a version of the desktop environment Common Desktop Environment CDE from about 1993 to about 2005

Entertainment

• Windows (film), a film released in 1980
• Windows (song), recorded by Kansas on the album Vinyl Confessions

See also

Window (disambiguation)

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