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Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2016 is a long-term servicing release of Microsoft's Windows Server operating system family, made generally available on 2 August 2016 in Datacenter, Essentials, and Standard editions.
Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2019, version 1809, is Microsoft's Long-Term Servicing Channel server operating system, shipped in Datacenter and Standard editions in November 2018, supported until January 2029.
Windows Server Update Services
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) is a Microsoft Windows Server role that lets administrators deploy Microsoft updates from a central server; it was released in 2005 and deprecated in 2024.
Windows Subsystem for Linux
Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is a Microsoft compatibility layer for running Linux on Windows, first shipped in 2016, with WSL 2 the current default.
Windows Task Scheduler
Windows Task Scheduler, also called Scheduled Tasks, is a Windows service that runs programs and scripts automatically at set times or in response to system events.
Windows To Go
Windows To Go, also known as Portable Workspace, was a Windows 8 and 10 enterprise feature that booted a managed Windows workspace from a certified USB drive.
Windows Update
Windows Update, known as the service Wuauserv, is Microsoft's built-in service that keeps Windows current, delivering monthly Patch Tuesday security updates, annual feature updates, and drivers since 2003.
Windows Vista
Windows Vista, developed by Microsoft under the code name Longhorn, is a desktop operating system released in 2007, known for Aero, User Account Control, and slow adoption.
Windows XP
Windows XP, also known as Microsoft Windows XP, is an operating system released by Microsoft in 2001 that unified consumer and business Windows on the NT kernel.
Windows XP Media Center Edition
Windows XP Media Center Edition, code-named Freestyle, was a version of Windows XP with a remote-controlled interface for TV, music, and photos, preinstalled on new PCs from 2002 to 2005.
Windows-1252
Windows-1252, also known as Windows Latin 1 or MS-ANSI, is a single-byte character encoding used by Microsoft Windows for Western European languages, closely related to but not identical with ISO 8859-1.
Windrose (video game)
Windrose (formerly Crosswind) is a Kraken Express co-op pirate survival game in Steam Early Access since April 14, 2026, $29.99, PvE only, up to 8 players, souls-lite combat, quest- and exploration-based XP.
Windrose Technology
Windrose Technology (苇渡科技) was a Chinese startup founded in 2022 that developed long-range battery-electric and hydrogen fuel-cell heavy trucks before reportedly ceasing operations in 2026.
Windrush generation
The Windrush generation is the group of people who migrated from Caribbean Commonwealth countries to the UK between 1948 and 1973, named after the Empire Windrush ship.
Windrush line
The Windrush line is a London Overground railway line, shown in red, named in 2024 after the Windrush generation and carrying about 65 million journeys a year.
Windrush scandal
Windrush scandal: 2018 UK scandal in which Windrush generation migrants (1948-1973 Caribbean arrivals) were wrongly classed as illegal immigrants under hostile environment policy; Wendy Williams review, £127m Windrush Compensation Scheme.
Winds of Plague
Winds of Plague is an American symphonic deathcore band from Upland, California, formed in 2002 as Bleak December and renamed in 2005, known for fusing deathcore with symphonic keyboards.
Winds of September (九降风)
Winds of September (九降風) is Tom Lin Shu-yu's 2008 Taiwanese debut feature, a Hsinchu coming-of-age drama set in 1996 during the baseball match-fixing scandal; first of an Eric Tsang-produced Taiwan-Hong Kong-China trilogy, Golden Horse Best Original Screenplay winner.
Windscale fire
The Windscale fire was a 1957 reactor fire at Pile 1 of the Windscale plutonium plant in Cumbria, England, that spread radioactive material across Britain and Europe.
Windscreen wiper
A windscreen wiper, known in North America as a windshield wiper, is a motor-driven device that sweeps a rubber blade across a vehicle's glass to clear rain, snow, and debris.
Windshield
A windshield, also called a windscreen in British English, is the glass panel at the front of a motor vehicle that shields occupants and provides the driver's forward view.
Windsock
A windsock, also called a wind cone, is a conical fabric tube on a rotating mast that shows wind direction and speed at airports and industrial sites.
Windsor & Eton F.C. (2023)
Windsor & Eton F.C. (The Royalists), non-league club in Windsor, Berkshire, formed 26 April 2023 as a CIC, distinct from the 1892 original wound up in 2011; plays at Stag Meadow on a 25-year Crown Estate lease.
Windsor Castle
Windsor Castle is a royal residence at Windsor in Berkshire, England, founded by William the Conqueror around 1070 and the largest inhabited castle in the world.
Windsor chair
The Windsor chair is a wooden chair with a solid plank seat into which the legs and back spindles are socketed, originating in England in the early eighteenth century.
Windsor Davies
Windsor Davies (1930–2019) was a British comic actor, London-born and raised in Nant-y-Moel, Wales. Star of It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974–81) and Never the Twain (1981–91); his duet "Whispering Grass" hit number 1 in 1975.
Windsor Great Park
Windsor Great Park: 1,942-hectare (4,800-acre) royal park near Windsor Castle, Berkshire, owned by the Crown Estate; features the Long Walk, Virginia Water, Savill Garden; Grade I registered; Ranger is King Charles III since 2022.
Windsor knot
Windsor knot, also called full or double Windsor: a wide, symmetrical triangular necktie knot for spread or cutaway collars, named for the Duke of Windsor, who never actually wore it, and the most length-hungry common tie knot.
Windsor Padshahnama
The Windsor Padshahnama is an illustrated imperial Mughal manuscript of the Padshahnama, the official chronicle of Emperor Shah-Jahan's reign, held in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle.
Windsor Park
Windsor Park, the National Football Stadium at Windsor Park, is Northern Ireland's national football stadium in south Belfast, owned by Linfield FC and home to the NI team; redeveloped 2014–2016, capacity over 18,000, record crowd 59,000 (1954).