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WordStar

word processor application
CreativeWork word_processor Q1435134

Facts

16 properties
Instance of
word processor
Inception
1978[10]
Language of work or name
English, Hebrew[8][9]
Publication date
1978[11]
Official website
www.wordstar.org[12]
License
proprietary license
Website
www.wordstar.org
Copyright license
proprietary license[4]
Copyright status
copyrighted
Developer
Rob Barnaby[3]
Discontinuation date
1992
Operating system
CP/M, Microsoft Windows, MS-DOS[5][6][7]
Publisher
MicroPro International[2]
Readable file format
WordStar 6 document, WordStar Screen Font (Award), WordStar Macro, WordStar Screen Font (Wordstar), WordStar for Windows Document, version 2, WordStar for MS-DOS Document, version 7, WordStar for MS-DOS Document, version 5, WordStar for MSDOS Document, version 4, WordStar for MS-DOS Document, version 5.5, WordStar for Windows Document, WordStar for MS-DOS Document, version 6, WordStar for MS-DOS Document, version 3, Wordstar 2000 file format, WordStar 5.5 document, WordStar 5 document, WordStar 7 document[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]
Title
WordStar
Writable file format
WordStar Macro, WordStar 6 document, WordStar for Windows Document, version 2, WordStar for MS-DOS Document, version 7, WordStar for MS-DOS Document, version 5, WordStar for MS-DOS Document, version 5.5, WordStar for MS-DOS Document, version 3, WordStar for MSDOS Document, version 4, WordStar for MS-DOS Document, version 6, Wordstar 2000 file format, WordStar 5.5 document, WordStar 5 document, WordStar 7 document
🏷️ Also known as
en WordStar ar وورد ستار hi वर्ड्स्टार् ja マイクロプロ・インターナショナル ko 워드스타
🔖 Identifiers · 5
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
WordStar.png ↗
File Format Wiki page ID
WordStar
Freebase ID
/m/084zj
Open Library subject ID
wordstar_(computer_program), wordstar_(computer_file)
Quora topic ID
WordStar

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Language of work or name 2
English, Hebrew
Operating system 2
Microsoft Windows, CP/M
Copyright license 1
proprietary license
Created notable works 1
John Robbins Barnaby
Instance of 1
word processor
← Child organization or unit 1
SoftKey
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Summary

WordStar is a word processor[1].

Related Entities

CP/M John Robbins Barnaby Microsoft Windows SoftKey

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