Question:
WINDOWS is an abbreviation?
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2010-04-16 21:24:47 UTC
Can anyone tell me that is windows an abbreviation or just windows??IF it is an abbreviation than what it is??
Seven answers:
2010-04-16 21:33:24 UTC
Well, first of all, it would be called an "acronym," not an abbreviation, and no, officially it isn't one, but, there are some humorous ones written about it, like, for example,



MICROSOFT = Most Intelligent Customers Realize Our Software Only Fools Teenagers

WINDOWS = Will Install Needless Data On Whole System



Good luck!... ☺
Nestor a.k.a. Grim Reaper
2010-04-16 21:26:45 UTC
Officially... there isn't



Here's one though



Will Install Needless Data On Whole System
hawklord
2010-04-17 01:08:33 UTC
windows was called windows because it opens a window to the world,



you can look out of various windows in your house, same with your computer
2010-04-16 21:31:43 UTC
Nope. It's just Windows. HOWEVER there's:



WABI - Windows Application Binary Interface

WAIK - Windows Automated Installation Kit

WAM - Web Application Manager

WAMP - Windows, Apache, MySQL, PHP

WAMPP - Windows, Apache, MySQL, PHP an…

WBT - Windows Based Terminal

WCF - Windows Communication Foundation

WDDM - Windows Device Driver Model

WDF - Windows Driver Foundation

WDI - Windows Diagnostic Infrastructur…

WDK - Windows Driver Kit

WDM - Windows Driver Model

WDMCSA - Windows Driver Model Connecti…

WDS - Windows Deployment Services

WEI - Windows Experience Index

WEP - Wired Equivalent Privacy

WER - Windows Error Reporting

WF - Workflow Foundation

WFC - Windows Foundation Classes

WFP - Windows File Protection

WFP - Windows Filtering Platform

WFW - Windows for Workgroups

WGA - Windows Genuine Advantage

WHDC - Windows Hardware Developer Cent…

WHIIG - Windows Hardware Instrumentati…

WHQL - Windows Hardware Quality Lab

WIA - Windows Image Acquisition

WIA - Windows Imaging Architecture

WIIS - Windows Internet Information Se…

WIM - Windows Image

WIM - Windows Imaging Format

WinFLP - Windows Fundamentals for Lega…

WinHEC - Windows Hardware Engineering…

WINS - Windows Internet Name Service

WINS - Windows Internet Naming Service

WinSAT - Windows System Assessment Too…

WIX - Windows Installer XML

WLK - Windows Logo Kit

WLM - Windows Live Messenger

WLO - Windows Libraries for OS/2

WMA - Windows Media Audio

WMI - Windows Management Instrumentati…

WMI - Windows Management Interface

WMP - Windows Media Player

WMSRT - Windows Malicious Software Rem…

WOSA - Windows Open System Architectur…

WOW - Windows on Windows

WPA - Windows Product Activation

WPE - Windows Protection Error

WPF - Windows Presentation Foundation

WQL - WMI Query Language

WRP - Windows Resource Protection

WSC - Windows Security Center

WSIM - Windows System Image Manager

WSK - Windows Socket Kernel

WSRM - Windows System Resource Manager

WSS - Windows Sound System

WSUS - Windows Server Update Services

WUA - Windows Update Agent

WVG - Windows Vector Graphics



There's so many of them! :D
Blorkus
2010-04-16 21:27:03 UTC
it's just windows. no abbreviation, just a name.
2016-09-13 09:23:13 UTC
Additional information required
?
2016-08-05 19:14:39 UTC
Not sure how to answer this one


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