Windows 2000 (also referred to as Win2K) is a preemptive, interruptible, graphical user interface and business-oriented operating system designed to work with either uniprocessor or symmetric multi-processor computers. It is part of the Microsoft Windows NT line of operating systems and was released on February 17 2000.[1] It has been succeeded by Windows XP in October 2001 and Windows Server 2003 in April 2003.[2] It is a hybrid kernel operating system.[3]
- ↑ Gates Ushers in Next Generation of PC Computing With Launch of Windows 2000
- ↑ Windows Me was released after Windows 2000 and before Windows XP, but Windows Me was not intended, nor did it serve as the successor to Windows 2000.
- ↑ http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/ntwrkstn/evaluate/featfunc/kernelwp.mspx?mfr=true
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