Microsoft Windows is the generic name for the various operating systems in the family, including CE, 98, Millennium Edition (ME), 2000, and XP, which are designed to run on Intel-powered hardware. As a significant amount of 32-bit Windows applications developed, Windows emerged as the overwhelmingly dominant operating system for desktop systems worldwide; its market share exceeds 90 percent. Microsoft has been less successful in the server market, where its products face stiff competition from commercial UNIX operating systems, Linux, and FreeBSD. See FreeBSD, Linux, 95, 98, 2000, Millennium Edition (ME), XP, Server 2003, UNIX.
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