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Release of Windows 3.1

Release of Windows 3.1
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Windows 3.1 is a consumer-oriented operating system developed by Microsoft, released to manufacturing on April 6, 1992. Unlike its predecessors, which ran as a shell on top of MS-DOS, its 386 Enhanced Mode functioned as a virtual machine monitor virtualizing DOS as a guest.

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Which happened first?

Timeline

  1. Release of Windows 3.xMay 22, 1990
  2. Release of Windows 3.1 (this page)April 6, 1992
  3. Release of Encarta1993
  4. Release of NetBSDApril 19, 1993
  5. Release of Windows NTJuly 27, 1993
  6. Release of JavaMay 23, 1995

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