computer system

Windows 95、Windows 98、Windows me、Windows2000、Windows XP、Windows Server 2003、Windows Vista、Windows 7、Windows 8、Windows 8. 1、Windows 10

disc operating system (DOS)

MS-DOS: an early product of Microsoft, it is a command line interface. Earlier versions of Windows should run under MS-DOS, but products after Windows NT can run without MS-DOS. Because the software and hardware can't work normally under Windows NT, Microsoft has successively introduced transitional products such as Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows Me running under MS-DOS.

Windows operating system

Windows: a graphical operating system called Windows; It has many versions. The latest version of the desktop version is Windows 10, and the latest version of the server is Windows Server 20 12R2. Almost all personal computers are pre-installed with Windows.

The earliest version was Windows 1.0, and it didn't succeed until Windows 3.0. Since then, Microsoft has successively launched personal user versions and a series of server versions such as Windows95, 98, me, 2000, xp, 7, 8, 8. 1, 10. Windows XP is widely regarded as the most successful system, because it has a far-reaching impact in the era of widespread personal computers. For more details, see the entry "Windows Operating System".

Windows system contains a lot of built-in software. The latest browser is Microsoft Edge(IE has stopped developing, and the final version is IE 1 1). The latest player version is Windows Media Player 12. The latest instant messaging software is Skype (not MSN, namely Windows Live Messenger). In recent years, Windows Defender, Windows Desktop Search, Windows Steadystate and virtual PC have also developed. Software developed and running on the Windows operating system platform is sometimes started from Windows, such as Windows Defender.

Windows RT

2065438+200565438+1On October 27th, Microsoft confirmed that Surface 2 would be discontinued, which means that the company will no longer produce tablet computers with Windows RT system, and this system was sentenced to death in disguise.

Windows Azure

Windows Azure is another major change of Microsoft after Windows replaced DOS. With the help of desktops and browsers of hundreds of millions of Windows users around the world, Windows can build a new cloud computing platform on the Internet architecture and realize the transformation from PC to cloud.

Components of Windows Azure service platform can be called by software in various systems running locally, including Windows, mobile devices and other platforms. Users can realize cloud computing development under the above version of vs.met2008+cloudservice+azure SDK.

Mobile telephone system

Windows Phone 7.5, Windows Phone 7.8, Windows Phone 8, Windows Phone 8. 1 and Windows Mobile.

Windows mobile phone

Windows Phone is a mobile operating system released by Microsoft, which integrates Microsoft's Xbox LIVE games, Zune music and unique video experience into mobile phones. The latest system is Windows Phone (now Windows 10 Mobile).

20101019: 30 pm, Microsoft officially released the smartphone operating system Windows Phone.

20 1 1 In February, Nokia and Microsoft reached a global strategic alliance and cooperated with R&D in depth to build a huge ecosystem. Nokia will help promote and define the future of Windows Phone. Search service should be provided for Nokia devices and services.

Nokia Maps will become the core component of Microsoft Maps service. Nokia's content and app store will be integrated into Microsoft's app store market.

2011On September 27th, a major update of Windows Phone series was released: Windows Phone 7.5.

Windows Phone 8: 2065438+On June 2, 20021day, Microsoft released the Windows Phone 8 mobile operating system, using the same kernel as Windows 8.

Windows Phone 8 is the latest mobile operating system released by Microsoft, the latest version of Windows Phone system and the third largest version of Windows Phone.

Windows Phone 8 uses the same simplified and optimized mobile platform NT kernel as Windows 8, and has built-in Nokia Maps. The cooperation between Nokia and Microsoft is gradually deepening.

Windows Phone 8 system is the first WP version to support dual-core CPU, which announced that Windows Phone entered the dual-core era, and announced that Windows Phone 7 had withdrawn from the historical stage, and Windows Phone 7 would not be able to upgrade to Windows Phone 8. Windows Phone 8 is compatible with all Windows Phone 7.5 applications, but all native programs of Windows Phone 8 cannot run on Windows Phone 7.5, which is one-way compatibility.

20 12 On September 5th, Nokia and Microsoft officially released two Windows Phone 8 phones at Microsoft headquarters in new york: Nokia Windows Phone 8 flagship phone Lumia 920 and mid-range phone Lumia 820. The cooperation between Nokia and Microsoft is gradually deepening.

20 1 2101in the early morning of October 30th1,Microsoft officially held a new product launch conference for Windows Phone 8. Windows Phone 8 models released in the same period include Nokia Lumia 920, Lumia 820, Lumia 822, Lumia 8 10, HTC 8X, HTC 8S, Samsung Ativ S and other new Windows Phone 8 machines Huawei Ascend W 60.

20 14 On July 30th at 2: 00pm, Microsoft will hold the "New Action-Windows Phone 8.1Update Conference" in the conference hall on the third floor of Conrad Hotel in Beijing, and will release the Chinese version of Cortana and the related information of WP8. 1 update.

2065438+February 13, 2005, the preview version of Windows 10 Mobile has been pushed on Lumia 630, Lumia 638, Lumia 635, Lumia 730, Lumia 636 and Lumia 830.

As of February 2, 20 16, the updated version of the latest Windows 10 mobile version is10.0.10586.75438+0.

application software

Web browser produced by Microsoft.

Internet Explorer (IE) is the latest version of Windows Internet Explorer browser series which is widely used all over the world. It integrates more new functions of personalization, intelligence and privacy protection, injects new experiences into online life, and makes surfing the Internet faster, simpler, safer and full of fun every day (non-open source software).

Internet Explorer is a web browser launched by Microsoft. As of September 20 10, statistics show that the share of IE is as high as 59.65%. Although it is still the most widely used web browser, its market share is declining year by year compared with the peak in 2003. On the old Windows operating system, it was independent and free.

Starting with Windows 95OSR2, it is the default browser attached to all new versions of Windows operating systems. InternetExplorer was originally a product derived from SpyglassMosaic, an early commercial patent web browser.

1996, Microsoft obtained the authorization from Spyglass mosaic by giving quarterly fees and part of its income. Although the name of Spyglass Mosaic is similar to NCSAMosaic (the first most widely used web browser), Spyglass Mosaic is relatively unknown and uses a small amount of source code of NCSAMosaic. Although IE has lost some market share since 2004, InternetExplorer is still the most widely used web browser. In April 2005, its market share was about 85%.

In 2007, its market share was 78%. Its competitors are mainly Firefox, Safari, Opera, Chrome and so on. InternetExplorer is an indispensable part of Microsoft's new Windows operating system.

Starting with Windows 95 OSR2, it has a browser attached to all new versions of the Windows operating system. However, the major updates between 2004 and 2005 only apply to Windows XP SP2 and Windows Server 2003 SP 1. Initially, Microsoft planned to release InternetExplorer 7.0 together with the next version of Windows VISTA instead of IE7 alone, but Microsoft later announced that it would provide a beta version of InternetExplorer 7 (Beta 1) to Windows XP SP2 users in the summer of 2005.

In 2003, Microsoft announced that it would not continue to develop InternetExplorer for Mac for Macintosh computers. Support for Macintosh computer InternetExplorer also ended in 2005, and stopped providing downloads in 2006.

Microsoft office

Microsoft Office is a set of office software based on Windows operating system developed by Microsoft Corporation. Common components are Word, Excel, Powerpoint, etc. The latest version is Office 365(Office 20 16).

Microsoft Office is a set of office software developed by Microsoft, which is developed for Microsoft windows and Apple Mac OS X. ..

Like office applications, it includes federated servers and Internet-based services. The latest version of Office is called "Office system", including Word (Word Processing), Excel (Spreadsheet), Access (Desktop Database), PowerPoint (Presentation) and Outlook (Personal Mail and Schedule Management).

The software first appeared in the early 1990s. It was originally a promotional name, referring to a collection of software previously sold separately. At that time, the main promotion focus was to save a lot of money by buying collections instead of buying them separately. The original versions of Office included Word, Excel and Powerpoint. Another professional edition includes MicrosoftAccess；; With the passage of time, Office applications are gradually integrated, and * * * enjoys some functions, such as spelling and grammar checking, OLE data integration and Microsoft VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) scripting language. Microsoft also produces a version for Apple Macintosh. The latest version of Apple is Microsoft office 20 1 1 for MAC, and the latest version of office is Office20 13.

20 14 On March 27th, Microsoft released a new version of Office software for ipad in San Francisco, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint, which will become the application of Apple's tablet iPad and be sold in Apple's online software store.

2014165438+16 October, the Office application for iPhone was released. Most importantly, Microsoft also announced that all mobile versions of Office will be free, which means that you can not only browse, but also create and edit documents.

Windows media player

This is a program for playing audio and video, WMP for short. Microsoft also uses the name Encarta to produce a series of reference products, such as encyclopedias and atlases.

Microsoft has also developed an integrated development environment for application system development, named Microsoft Visual Studio. In 2005, Visual Studio. NET, a corresponding development tool, is used in. NET environment. Microsoft Surface: The operating system being developed by Microsoft, in which China did not participate.

At the end of June 2008, Microsoft released a beta version of Silverlight2.0. During the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, NBC used Silverlight2.0 to broadcast the Olympic Games live and on demand.

Microsoft SilverLight is a cross-browser and cross-client platform technology, which can design, develop and publish network interactive programs with multimedia experience and rich interface applications.

This technology is to counter the media market that FLASH has occupied for a long time.

Games For Windows is a new plan of Microsoft, including the famous XBOX 360, DirectX 10 and so on.

Bing

Bing (English: Bing, called Colorful in Taiwan Province Province and Bing in Hongkong) is a web search engine launched by Microsoft, formerly known as Live Search. On May 28th, 2009, steve ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, released the search engine in the "All Things D" organized by The Wall Street Journal in San Diego, and officially released it globally on June 3rd of the same year. Microsoft claims that this search engine will be launched with a brand-new attitude and will bring a new revolution in the future. The code name of the internal test was Kumo, and later it was named Bing. Some surveys have found that Bing's search success rate has greatly improved compared with the beginning, even comparable to Google.

Although Microsoft is a software company, it also produces some computer hardware products, which are usually used to support its special software commodity strategy.

An early example is the Microsoft mouse, which was used to encourage more users to use the graphical user interface (GUI) of the Microsoft operating system. Because GUI is rarely used instead of mouse, the popularity of mouse will help more users to use Windows. Microsoft has established the standard of IntelliMouse (mouse with middle button and scroll wheel), and the new scroll wheel is convenient for users to page up and down when browsing the web.

Portable media playing equipment

Zune is an advanced video and music service provided by Microsoft. This is a free application software for Windows Phone and PC, which can manage and play digital music and videos.

Microsoft was launched in the United States on June165438+1October 65438+April 2006. It can automatically download the newly purchased application software to all devices and computers. It is also your virtual store, and you can find and enjoy entertainment at any time. 20111kloc-0/October 4th, Microsoft announced that it would stop producing the portable player Zune, but its music service was still retained.

Xbox360

Xbox360 is a second-generation home video game machine developed by Microsoft, the world's largest computer software company. When it was developed, it was called Xenon, Xbox 2 and Xbox Next. Microsoft Xbox360 is the only game machine with timing function. Parents can easily set the corresponding game time, and at the same time, they can limit what their children play and watch.

XBOX Live was born in 2002, which is a network service provided by Microsoft for its game console XBOX. Online games: Support voice messages, private voice chat, personalized settings and a unified list of friends.

The Xbox game console launched by the company in 20001marked the beginning of the company's entry into the game terminal market worth tens of billions of dollars, which was previously dominated by Sony and Nintendo.

On June 22nd, 2005, 165438+ Microsoft released Xbox360, the second generation home video game machine.

Xbox One

Xbox One refers to Microsoft's next-generation video game console. Microsoft's previous generation video game console was Xbox 360, which went on sale at the end of 2005.

Peter Moore, vice president of home entertainment department of Microsoft, also hinted that the next generation Xbox game console is expected to be launched in 20 13 or 20 14. However, the name of the next generation Xbox has not yet been determined. In addition to Xbox 720, it may be named Xbox 3 or NextXbox.

2065438+03 May 2 1 The new Xbox model was officially released, not Xbox720, but Xbox One.

On September 29th, 20 14, Xbox One was officially listed in China.

surface

Surface is a brand new hardware brand launched by Microsoft in the United States. At present, the latest Surface series product is Surface Book.

1 generation Surface came out on June 20 12 19.

On September 23rd, 20 13, Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 came out.

Surface 3 and Suface Pro 3 were officially released in the United States in May 20 14.

Surface 4 should have been released later in 20 15, but Microsoft released Surface Pro4 on the morning of June 6 10.