Windows 98

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Microsoft Windows operating system consumer operating system operating system

Windows 98 is a consumer-oriented Microsoft operating system from the late 1990s that built on Windows 95 with improved hardware support, a more integrated graphical interface, and bundled web technologies.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Windows 98 Second Edition 3
Windows 98 (32-bit hybrid) 1
Windows 98 SE 1

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Microsoft Windows operating system ⓘ
consumer operating system ⓘ
operating system ⓘ
operating system ⓘ
abbreviation Windows 98 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Windows 98 SE
basedOn Windows 95 codebase ⓘ
bootLoader MS-DOS ⓘ
codename Memphis ⓘ
defaultFileSystem FAT32 ⓘ
developer Microsoft ⓘ
edition Windows 98 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Windows 98 Second Edition
endOfExtendedSupport 2006-07-11 ⓘ
endOfMainstreamSupport 2002-06-30 ⓘ
family Windows ⓘ
surface form: Microsoft Windows
feature ACPI power management support ⓘ
DVD support ⓘ
FAT32 file system support ⓘ
WDM driver model support ⓘ
enhanced Plug and Play ⓘ
improved AGP support ⓘ
improved USB support ⓘ
integrated web browser in shell ⓘ
multiple monitor support ⓘ
includedComponent Active Desktop ⓘ
Disk Cleanup ⓘ
Internet Explorer ⓘ
surface form: Internet Explorer 4

Microsoft Chat ⓘ
NetMeeting ⓘ
Outlook Express ⓘ
System File Checker ⓘ
WebTV for Windows ⓘ
Windows Media Player ⓘ
Windows Update client ⓘ
isEditionOf Windows 98 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
kernelType monolithic kernel with MS‑DOS-based boot ⓘ
latestReleaseVersion Windows 98 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Windows 98 Second Edition
license commercial software ⓘ
proprietary software ⓘ
marketingSlogan Works better. Plays better. ⓘ
maxFAT32PartitionSize 2 TB (theoretical) ⓘ
maxPhysicalMemory approximately 1 GB (practically ~512 MB stable) ⓘ
platform IA-32 ⓘ
predecessor Windows 95 ⓘ
releaseDate 1998-06-25 ⓘ
1999-05-05 ⓘ
releaseYear 1998 ⓘ
sourceModel closed source ⓘ
successor Windows 2000 ⓘ
surface form: Windows 2000 (for business users)

Windows ME ⓘ
surface form: Windows Me
supportedCpuArchitecture x86 ⓘ
supportsApi Win32 API ⓘ
surface form: Win32
supportsDirectXVersion DirectX ⓘ
surface form: DirectX 9.0c (with updates)
supportsFileSystem FAT16 ⓘ
FAT32 ⓘ
supportsNetworkingProtocol IPX/SPX ⓘ
NetBEUI ⓘ
TCP/IP ⓘ
targetAudience consumer market ⓘ
home users ⓘ
userInterface Windows Shell ⓘ
surface form: Windows shell

graphical user interface ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

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

Windows 98 → abbreviation → Windows 98 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Windows 98 Second Edition
this entity surface form: Windows 98 SE
Control Panel → availableIn → Windows 98 ⓘ
Device Manager → availableIn → Windows 98 ⓘ
Windows ME → basedOn → Windows 98 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Windows 98 codebase
Windows Shell → defaultShellFor → Windows 98 ⓘ
Windows 98 → edition → Windows 98 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Windows 98 Second Edition
Windows 95 → followedBy → Windows 98 ⓘ
Windows → hasEdition → Windows 98 ⓘ
Windows 32-bit → hasEdition → Windows 98 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Windows 98 (32-bit hybrid)
Internet Explorer → includedIn → Windows 98 ⓘ
MS-DOS → includedIn → Windows 98 ⓘ
Registry Editor → includedWith → Windows 98 ⓘ
Windows 98 → isEditionOf → Windows 98 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Windows 98 Second Edition
Windows 98 → latestReleaseVersion → Windows 98 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Windows 98 Second Edition
Windows ME → precededBy → Windows 98 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Windows 98 Second Edition