WINDOWS 95

Windows 95

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Windows 95
Part of the Microsoft Windows family


Screenshot of Windows 95
Developer
Microsoft
Releases
Release date: 24 August 1995 (info)
Current version:4.00 OEM Service Release 2.5 (OSR2.5) (Build 950)(4.00.950 C)(1997-11-26; 12 years ago) (info)
Source model: Closed source
License: MS-EULA
Kernel: Monolithic
Platform :suppor IA-32
Support status: Unsupported as of 31 December 2001[1]

Windows 95 is a consumer-oriented graphical user interface-based operating system. It was released on August 24, 1995 by Microsoft,[2] and was a significant progression from the company's previous Windows products. During development it was referred to as Windows 4.0 or by the internal codename Chicago.

Windows 95 was intended to integrate Microsoft's formerly separate MS-DOS and Windows products. It features significant improvements over its predecessor, Windows 3.1, most visibly in the graphical user interface (GUI). There were also major changes made at lower levels of the operating system.

In the marketplace, Windows 95 was a major success, and within a year or two of its release had become the most successful operating system ever produced. It also had the effect of driving other major players in the DOS-compatible operating system out of business, something which would later be used in court against Microsoft. Some three years after introduction, Windows 95 was succeeded by Windows 98.