Windows

See also: windows

English

Etymology

From windows, in reference to the user-interface display elements.

Proper noun

Windows

1. (operating systems, trademark) Microsoft Windows, an operating system with a WIMP graphical user interface that dominates the personal computer market.

Derived terms

• PWI
• UWP
• W95
• W98
• WAMP
• WASAPI
• WCF
• WDI
• WDM
• WF
• WIA
• Win
• Win16
• Win32
• Win64
• Win7
• Winblows
• Windows key
• Windows-1252
• Windoze
• Windross
• Windvocate
• WinJS
• Winkey
• Winmodem
• WinRT
• Winsock
• wintard
• Wintel
• Wintroll
• WinVNC
• WinXP
• WISA
• WMA
• WMF
• WMI
• WMV
• WoW
• WP
• WPA
• WPF
• WRP
• WSS
• WU

 

Translations

Microsoft Windows

• Arabic: ويندوز‎ m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 視窗／视窗 (zh) (Shìchuāng)，微軟視窗／微软视窗 (zh) (wēiruǎnshìchuāng, wéiruǎnshìchuāng)

• Finnish: Windows (fi)
• French: Windows (fr)
• German: Windows (de)
• Hindi: विन्डोज़ (vinḍoz)
• Japanese: ウィンドウズ, Windows (ja)
• Korean: 윈도우 (ko) (windou), 윈도 (windo)
• Macedonian: Виндоус (Vindous), Виндоуз (Vindouz)
• Russian: виндовс m (vindovs), Уиндоус (Uindous), Виндоус (Vindous), Уиндоуз (Uindouz), Виндоуз (Vindouz)
• Spanish: Windows
• Tamil: விண்டோஸ் (viṇṭōs)
• Thai: วินโดวส์
• Ukrainian: віндовс (vindovs)

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɪndoːs/, /vɪndoːs/
• IPA^(key): /wɪndɔs/, /vɪndɔs/ (influenced by the predecessor MS-DOS)

• Audio

  (file)

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Windows n (proper noun, strong, genitive Windows)

1. (operating systems, trademark) Microsoft Windows, an operating system with a graphical user interface that dominates the personal computer market.

Japanese

Etymology

From English Windows.

Proper noun

Windows(ウィンドウズ) • (Windōzu) 

1. Windows