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The 16 pages that link to Microsoft Windows, each with the reason it gives.

• Operating systemBroader topic: Windows illustrates a commercial desktop operating system with broad software compatibility.

• MicrosoftBroader topic: Windows made Microsoft a defining supplier of desktop operating systems.

• UnixCompared with: Windows developed along a different technical and historical path from Unix.

• Bill GatesBroader topic: Windows became the software platform most closely associated with Gates’s business leadership.

• Proprietary softwareBroader topic: It is a widely used example of a proprietary operating system.

• LinuxCompared with: Windows offers a contrasting, centrally developed operating-system ecosystem.

• macOSCompared with: It is macOS’s closest mainstream desktop competitor, with broader hardware support.

• ChromeOSCompared with: Windows supports a broader range of traditional desktop software and PC hardware.

• Microsoft OfficeRelated: Office helped establish Windows as a platform for mainstream workplace computing.

• Microsoft WordRelated: Word’s Windows versions helped establish its broad desktop user base.

• Windows 3.1Narrower topic: Windows 3.1 helped establish the family’s broad presence on personal computers.

• DOSCompared with: Windows grew from a graphical environment running alongside DOS into a separate operating-system family.

• Sun MicrosystemsCompared with: Windows-centered personal computing challenged Sun’s Unix workstation and network-computing model.

• ChromebookCompared with: Windows supports a broader range of traditional desktop software than ChromeOS.

• WinRARRelated: WinRAR is chiefly known as a desktop archiving utility for Windows.

• Microsoft PaintNarrower topic: Paint's identity and distribution are closely tied to Windows.