Windows 3.x

E219555
Microsoft Windows version network-capable operating environment operating environment

Windows 3.x is an early 1990s Microsoft graphical operating environment for PCs that popularized the Windows platform with a GUI running on top of MS-DOS.

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All labels observed (13)

Label Occurrences
Windows 3.x canonical 11
Windows 3.0 6
Windows 3.1 5

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Microsoft Windows version ⓘ
network-capable operating environment ⓘ
network-capable operating environment ⓘ
operating environment ⓘ
operating environment ⓘ
operating environment ⓘ
operating environment ⓘ
architecture x86 ⓘ
developer Microsoft ⓘ
Microsoft ⓘ
Microsoft ⓘ
Microsoft ⓘ
Microsoft ⓘ
Microsoft ⓘ
distributionMedium floppy disk ⓘ
fileSystemSupport FAT16 ⓘ
genre desktop environment ⓘ
includesVersion Windows 3.x self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Windows 3.0

Windows 3.x self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Windows 3.1

Windows 3.x self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Windows 3.11

Windows for Workgroups ⓘ
surface form: Windows for Workgroups 3.1

Windows for Workgroups ⓘ
surface form: Windows for Workgroups 3.11
initialReleaseDate 1990-05-22 ⓘ
kernelType cooperative multitasking ⓘ
license proprietary software license ⓘ
notableFeature Control Panel ⓘ
File Manager ⓘ
Program Manager shell ⓘ
TrueType font support ⓘ
improved graphics with VGA support ⓘ
multimedia extensions ⓘ
virtual memory support ⓘ
notableFor popularizing the Microsoft Windows platform ⓘ
widespread adoption of GUI on IBM PC compatibles ⓘ
operatingSystemFamily Windows ⓘ
surface form: Microsoft Windows
platform IBM PC compatible ⓘ
predecessor Windows 2.0 ⓘ
surface form: Windows 2.x
releaseDate 1990-05-22 ⓘ
1992-04-06 ⓘ
1993-12-31 ⓘ
requires MS-DOS ⓘ
runsOn MS-DOS ⓘ
successor Windows 95 ⓘ
supports 16-bit applications ⓘ
386 enhanced mode ⓘ
cooperative multitasking of Windows applications ⓘ
standard mode ⓘ
targetMarket business users ⓘ
home users ⓘ
userInterface graphical user interface ⓘ

Referenced by (33)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

FAT16 → commonlyUsedIn → Windows 3.x ⓘ
Windows NT → predecessor → Windows 3.x ⓘ
Intel 80486 → compatibleWith → Windows 3.x ⓘ
Adobe PageMaker → supportedPlatform → Windows 3.x ⓘ
NetBEUI → supportedIn → Windows 3.x ⓘ
Windows 9x → relatedTo → Windows 3.x ⓘ
Windows Classic → basedOn → Windows 3.x ⓘ
this entity surface form: Windows 3.x visual style
Paint → includedWith → Windows 3.x ⓘ
subject surface form: Microsoft Paint
Minesweeper → includedIn → Windows 3.x ⓘ
this entity surface form: Windows 3.1
Solitaire → wasBundledWith → Windows 3.x ⓘ
this entity surface form: Microsoft Windows 3.0
Windows Registry → introducedIn → Windows 3.x ⓘ
this entity surface form: Windows 3.1
Win16 API → usedInOperatingSystem → Windows 3.x ⓘ
this entity surface form: Microsoft Windows 3.0
Win16 API → usedInOperatingSystem → Windows 3.x ⓘ
this entity surface form: Microsoft Windows 3.1
Win16 API → usedInOperatingSystem → Windows 3.x ⓘ
this entity surface form: Microsoft Windows 3.11
Video for Windows → operatingSystem → Windows 3.x ⓘ
Video for Windows → designedFor → Windows 3.x ⓘ
this entity surface form: Windows 3.1 multimedia extensions
Program Manager → introducedInVersion → Windows 3.x ⓘ
this entity surface form: Windows 3.0
Program Manager → usedInVersion → Windows 3.x ⓘ
this entity surface form: Windows 3.0
Program Manager → usedInVersion → Windows 3.x ⓘ
this entity surface form: Windows 3.1
Program Manager → defaultShellUntil → Windows 3.x ⓘ
Program Manager → runsOn → Windows 3.x ⓘ
this entity surface form: Windows 3.x graphical environment
MS-DOS Executive → supersededInVersion → Windows 3.x ⓘ
this entity surface form: Windows 3.0
MS-DOS Executive → environment → Windows 3.x ⓘ
this entity surface form: 16-bit Windows
Windows 2.0 → successor → Windows 3.x ⓘ
this entity surface form: Windows 3.0
Windows 2.0 → influenced → Windows 3.x ⓘ
this entity surface form: Windows 3.0 user interface
Windows 3.x → includesVersion → Windows 3.x self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Windows 3.0
Windows 3.x → includesVersion → Windows 3.x self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Windows 3.1
Windows 3.x → includesVersion → Windows 3.x self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Windows 3.11
Cardfile → includedWith → Windows 3.x ⓘ
this entity surface form: Windows 3.0
Cardfile → includedWith → Windows 3.x ⓘ
this entity surface form: Windows 3.1
Cardfile → runsOn → Windows 3.x ⓘ
DPMI → usedBy → Windows 3.x ⓘ
Memphis → developmentCodenameForVersion → Windows 3.x ⓘ
this entity surface form: Windows 4.10