Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows, or simply Windows, is a metafamily of graphical operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Microsoft. It consists of several families of operating systems, each of which cater to a certain sector of the computing industry with the OS typically associated with IBM PC compatible architecture.

Operating system designed and produced by Microsoft Corporation. Similar to other operating systems, Windows makes a computer system user-friendly by providing a graphical display and organizing information so that it can be easily accessed. The operating system utilizes icons and tools that simplify the complex operations performed by computers. Estimates suggest that 90% of personal computers use the Windows operating system.

Latest Operating system version of windows is
Window 10

Windows is available in 32 and 64-bit versions and offers a graphical user interface (GUI), multitasking functionalities, virtual memory management capabilities, and support for several peripheral devices. Windows OSs constitute client as well as server versions.

Some of the well-known client versions include Windows 98, ME, XP, Vista, and 7. Windows 10 is the most recent version, released in 2015. Some of Windows server versions include Windows NT Server, 2000 Server, 2003 Server, and Server 2008 R2. Windows Server 2016 is the most recent server version. 

List of Windows Release of his versions

Name	Release date	Release version	Editions	Latest build
Windows 10	29 July 2015	NT 10.0	Windows 10 Home Windows 10 Pro Windows 10 Pro Education Windows 10 Enterprise Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB Windows 10 Education Windows 10 Mobile Windows 10 Mobile Enterprise Windows 10 IoT Core Windows 10 IoT Enterprise Windows 10 IoT Mobile Enterprise	15063 (version 1703, April 2017 Update)
Windows 8.1	17 October 2013	NT 6.3	Windows 8.1 Windows 8.1 Pro Windows 8.1 Enterprise	9600 (April 8 update)
Windows 8	26 October 2012	NT 6.2	Windows 8 Windows 8 Pro Windows 8 Enterprise Windows 8 OEM	9200
Windows 7	22 October 2009	NT 6.1	Windows 7 Starter Windows 7 Home Basic Windows 7 Home Premium Windows 7 Professional Windows 7 Enterprise Windows 7 Ultimate Windows Thin PC	7601 (Service Pack 1)
Windows Vista	30 January 2007	NT 6.0	Windows Vista Starter Windows Vista Home Basic Windows Vista Home Premium Windows Vista Business Windows Vista Enterprise Windows Vista Ultimate	6002 (Service Pack 2)
Windows XP Professional x64	25 April 2005	NT 5.2	N/A	3790 (Service Pack 2)
Windows XP	25 October 2001	NT 5.1	Windows XP Starter Windows XP Home Windows XP Professional Windows XP 64-bit Edition Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs (8 July 2006)	2600 (Service Pack 3)
Windows ME	14 September 2000	4.90	N/A	3000
Windows 2000	17 February 2000	NT 5.0	Professional	2195
Windows 98	25 June 1998	4.10	Windows 98 Windows 98 Second Edition (23 April 1999)	2222 A
Windows NT 4.0	24 August 1996	NT 4.0	Windows NT 4.0 Workstation	1381 (Service Pack 6a)
Windows 95	24 August 1995	4.00	Windows 95 Windows 95 SP1 (31 December 1995) Windows 95 OSR1 (14 February 1996) Windows 95 OSR2 (24 August 1996) Windows 95 USB Supplement to OSR2 (27 August 1997) Windows 95 OSR2.1 (27 August 1997) Windows 95 OSR2.5 (26 November 1997)	950
Windows NT 3.51	30 May 1995	NT 3.51	Windows NT 3.51 Workstation	1057
Windows NT 3.5	21 September 1994	NT 3.50	Windows NT 3.5 Workstation	807
Windows 3.2	22 November 1993	3.2	Simplified Chinese only
Windows for Workgroups 3.11	November 1993	3.11	N/A
Windows NT 3.1	27 July 1993	NT 3.10	Windows NT 3.1	528
Windows 3.1	April 1992	3.10	Windows 3.1 Windows for Workgroups 3.1 (October 1992)
Windows 3.0	22 May 1990	3.00	N/A
Windows 2.11	13 March 1989	2.11	Windows/286 Windows/386
Windows 2.10	27 May 1988	2.10	Windows/286 Windows/386
Windows 2.03	9 December 1987	2.03	N/A
Windows 1.04	April 1987	1.04	N/A
Windows 1.03	August 1986	1.03	N/A
Windows 1.02	May 1986	1.02	N/A
Windows 1.01	20 November 1985	1.01	N/A