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'''Windows NT''' is the current line of [[Windows]] operating systems developed my [[Microsoft]].
'''Windows NT''' is the current line of [[Windows]] operating systems developed by [[Microsoft]]. This includes:
* [[wp:Windows NT 3.1|Windows NT 3.1]] through [[wp:Windows NT 4.0|4.0]]
* [[wp:Windows 2000|Windows 2000]] (NT 5.0)
* [[wp:Windows XP|Windows XP]] (NT 5.1 & 5.2)
* [[wp:Windows Vista|Windows Vista]] (NT 6.0)
* [[wp:Windows 7|Windows 7]] (NT 6.1)
* [[wp:History of Microsoft Windows#Windows 8|Windows 8]] (the next version, planned for mid-2012)
...and most likely future versions of Windows as well.

Windows NT does ''not'' include [[wp:Windows 3.x|Windows 3.x]] or [[wp:Windows 9x|Windows 9x/Me]], none of which were actual [[:Category:Operating Systems|operating systems]], but rather [[GUI|graphical shells]] that ran on top of [[DOS]].

For more information, including a more inclusive list of NT versions, see [[wp:Windows NT|Wikipedia's Windows NT entry]].

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Windows NT is the current line of Windows operating systems developed by Microsoft. This includes:

...and most likely future versions of Windows as well.

Windows NT does not include Windows 3.x or Windows 9x/Me, none of which were actual operating systems, but rather graphical shells that ran on top of DOS.

For more information, including a more inclusive list of NT versions, see Wikipedia's Windows NT entry.