Windows 98

personal computer operating system by Microsoft
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Windows 98

Summary

Windows 98 is an operating system[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 75 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Windows 98's instance of is recorded as operating system[3].
  • Windows 98 followed Windows 95[4].
  • Windows 98 was followed by Q484892[5].
  • Windows 98's developer is recorded as Microsoft[6].
  • Windows 98's part of the series is recorded as Windows 9x[7].
  • Windows 98's copyright license is recorded as proprietary license[8].
  • Windows 98's copyright license is recorded as Microsoft Software Assurance[9].
  • Windows 98 is a type of Windows 9x[10].
  • Windows 98's software version identifier is recorded as 4.10.1998[11].
  • Windows 98's software version identifier is recorded as 4.10.2222A[12].
  • Windows 98's Commons category is recorded as Microsoft Windows 98[13].
  • Windows 98's platform is recorded as IA-32[14].
  • Windows 98's language of work or name is recorded as multiple languages[15].
  • Windows 98 was distributed by 3½-inch floppy disk[16].
  • Windows 98 was distributed by CD-ROM[17].
  • Windows 98 comprises File Manager[18].
  • Windows 98 comprises Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition[19].
  • June 25, 1998 marks the founding of Windows 98[20].
  • Windows 98 was released on June 25, 1998[21].
  • Windows 98's edition or translation of is recorded as Microsoft Windows[22].
  • Windows 98's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Windows 98[23].
  • Windows 98's readable file format is recorded as New Executable[24].
  • Windows 98's readable file format is recorded as DOS MZ executable[25].
  • Windows 98's readable file format is recorded as Portable Executable[26].
  • Windows 98's readable file format is recorded as Windows Portable Executable file format, 32-bit[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Windows 98's instance of is recorded as operating system[3]. It is a type of Windows 9x[10].

Origins

June 25, 1998 marks the founding of Windows 98[20].

Use and Application

Components include File Manager[18], a system software[28] and Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition[19], a software update[29], founded in 1999[30].

Why It Matters

Windows 98 has Wikipedia articles in 75 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Development of Windows 98. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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