WINDOWS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Windows mean? 

• WINDOWS (noun)
  The noun WINDOWS has 1 sense:

1. (trademark) an operating system with a graphical user interface

  Familiarity information: WINDOWS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WINDOWS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(trademark) an operating system with a graphical user interface

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Windows" is a kind of...):

operating system; OS ((computer science) software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services)

Domain usage:

trademark (a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product)

 Context examples 

And as I looked I suddenly became aware that a face was watching me out of one of the upper windows.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In no place save from the windows in the castle walls is there an available exit.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

There are small windows on each side, which were covered by curtains and never opened.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Dawn was breaking through the windows and dimming the electric lights.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

The garden had run wild, and half the windows of the house were shut up.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

There are windows in it, of course?

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Long before the end of the hour the work was quite done, and all flew out again at the windows.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

It is a corner room, and has windows on two sides.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

“He is certainly a good brother,” said Elizabeth, as she walked towards one of the windows.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

“We’re in luck, Roddy,” whispered Jim. “Here’s one of the windows open.”

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)