Question

In which year was Windows 10 launched?
1. In 2014
2. In 2015
3. In 2016
4. In 2017

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : In 2015

The correct answer is in 2015.

• Windows 10 is a series of operating systems developed by Microsoft and released as part of its Windows NT family of operating systems.
• It is the successor to Windows 8.1, released nearly two years earlier, and was released to manufacturing on July 15, 2015, and broadly released for the general public on July 29, 2015. Hence option 2 is correct.

• Windows 7
  • It is an operating system that was produced by Microsoft and released as part of the Windows NT family of operating systems.
  • It was released to manufacturing on July 22, 2009, and became generally available on October 22, 2009.
  • It is the successor to Windows Vista, released nearly three years earlier.
• Windows XP:
  • It is an operating system produced by Microsoft as part of the Windows NT family of operating systems.
  • It was the successor to both Windows 2000 for professional users and Windows Me for home users.
  • It was released to manufacturing on August 24, 2001, and broadly released for retail sale on October 25, 2001.
  • Microsoft Office:  
  • It is a family of client software, server software, and services developed by Microsoft. It was first announced by Bill Gates on August 1, 1988, at COMDEX in Las Vegas. 

 

• An Operating System (OS):
  • It is an interface between a computer user and computer hardware.
  • An operating system is software that performs all the basic tasks like file management, memory management, process management, handling input and output, and controlling peripheral devices such as disk drives and printers.