Terms starting with W

8 terms in Windows

  • Windows

    Windows › Windows fundamentals

    Windows is Microsoft's family of operating systems whose integrated graphical shell and compositor form the dominant desktop environment on personal computers.

  • Windows 10

    Windows › Windows fundamentals

    Windows 10 is the Microsoft desktop operating system released in 2015 that introduced Windows as a service and reached end of support…

  • Windows 11

    Windows › Windows fundamentals

    Windows 11 is the Microsoft desktop operating system released in 2021, built on Windows NT with stricter hardware security requirements and annual…

  • Windows NT

    Windows › Windows fundamentals

    Windows NT is the Microsoft operating system architecture, first released in 1993, on which every current version of Windows, including Windows 11,…

  • Windows registry

    Windows › Windows administration

    The Windows registry is the hierarchical database in which Windows, drivers and applications store configuration settings for the system and each user.

  • Windows Terminal

    Windows › PowerShell & command line

    Windows Terminal is the Microsoft terminal application that hosts PowerShell, Command Prompt, WSL and SSH sessions in tabs and panes with modern…

  • Windows Update

    Windows › Windows updates & recovery

    Windows Update is the built-in Microsoft service that downloads and installs security fixes, quality updates, feature updates and drivers for Windows.

  • WSL 2

    Windows › Windows administration

    WSL 2 is the second Windows Subsystem for Linux, running a real Linux kernel in a lightweight managed virtual machine to host…