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Windows is Microsoft's family of operating systems whose integrated graphical shell and compositor form the dominant desktop environment on personal computers.
Windows 10 is the Microsoft desktop operating system released in 2015 that introduced Windows as a service and reached end of support in October 2025.
Windows 11 is the Microsoft desktop operating system released in 2021, built on Windows NT with stricter hardware security requirements and annual updates.
Windows NT is the Microsoft operating system architecture, first released in 1993, on which every current version of Windows, including Windows 11, is built.