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91 relations: Active Desktop, Apple menu, Button (computing), CBS Interactive, Channel 9 (Microsoft), Cinnamon (software), Comparison of Start menu replacements for Windows 8, Context menu, Desktop environment, Desktop metaphor, Drag and drop, Email client, File Explorer, FVWM95, GNOME, GNOME Shell, Graphical user interface, Hibernation (computing), IceWM, Icon (computing), Incremental search, International Data Group, Internet Explorer, JWM, KDE, KDE Plasma 5, KDE Software Compilation 4, Kludge, Linux Mint, Login, Lumina (desktop environment), LXDE, Macintosh operating systems, MATE (software), Menu (computing), Metro (design language), Microsoft, Microsoft Neptune, Microsoft Windows, Multiple document interface, My Documents, My Network Places, Open-source model, Operating system, PC World, Penton (company), Program Manager, Qvwm, ReactOS, Reboot, ..., Scrollbar, Settings (Windows), Shutdown (computing), Sleep mode, Smartphone, Software widget, Special folder, Tablet computer, Taskbar, The Verge, Theme (computing), Tree view, Tweak UI, Ubuntu (operating system), Unity (user interface), Vox Media, Windows 10, Windows 2000, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 95, Windows 9x, Windows API, Windows Desktop Update, Windows Embedded Compact, Windows key, Windows Mobile, Windows NT, Windows NT 4.0, Windows Phone, Windows Registry, Windows RT, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Xfce, ZDNet. Expand index (41 more) »
Active Desktop
Active Desktop was a feature of Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0's optional Windows Desktop Update that allowed users to add HTML content to the desktop, along with some other features.
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Apple menu
The Apple menu is a drop-down menu that is on left side of the menu bar in the classic Mac OS, macOS and A/UX operating systems.
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Button (computing)
In computing, the term button (sometimes known as a command button or push button) refers to any graphical control element that provides the user a simple way to trigger an event, like searching for a query at a search engine, or to interact with dialog boxes, like confirming an action.
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CBS Interactive
CBS Interactive Inc. (formerly CBS Digital Media Group) is an American media company and is a division of the CBS Corporation.
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Channel 9 (Microsoft)
Channel 9 is a Microsoft community site for Microsoft customers created in 2004.
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Cinnamon (software)
Cinnamon is a free and open-source desktop environment for the X Window System that derives from GNOME 3 but follows traditional desktop metaphor conventions.
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Comparison of Start menu replacements for Windows 8
Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system introduced an updated Start menu known as the "Start screen", which uses a full-screen design consisting of tiles to represent applications.
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Context menu
A context menu (also called contextual, shortcut, and pop up or pop-up menu) is a menu in a graphical user interface (GUI) that appears upon user interaction, such as a right-click mouse operation.
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Desktop environment
In computing, a desktop environment (DE) is an implementation of the desktop metaphor made of a bundle of programs running on top of a computer operating system, which share a common graphical user interface (GUI), sometimes described as a graphical shell.
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Desktop metaphor
In computing, the desktop metaphor is an interface metaphor which is a set of unifying concepts used by graphical user interfaces to help users interact more easily with the computer.
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Drag and drop
In computer graphical user interfaces, drag and drop is a pointing device gesture in which the user selects a virtual object by "grabbing" it and dragging it to a different location or onto another virtual object.
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Email client
In Internet, an email client, email reader or more formally mail user agent (MUA) is a computer program in the category of groupware environments used to access and manage a user's email.
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File Explorer
File Explorer, previously known as Windows Explorer, is a file manager application that is included with releases of the Microsoft Windows operating system from Windows 95 onwards.
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FVWM95
FVWM95 is a window manager for the X Window System based on the popular FVWM 2 window manager.
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GNOME
GNOME is a desktop environment composed of free and open-source software that runs on Linux and most BSD derivatives.
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GNOME Shell
GNOME Shell is the graphical shell of the GNOME desktop environment starting with version 3, which was released on April 6, 2011.
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Graphical user interface
The graphical user interface (GUI), is a type of user interface that allows users to interact with electronic devices through graphical icons and visual indicators such as secondary notation, instead of text-based user interfaces, typed command labels or text navigation.
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Hibernation (computing)
Hibernation (or suspend to disk) in computing is powering down a computer while retaining its state.
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IceWM
IceWM is a stacking window manager for the X Window System graphical infrastructure, written by Marko Maček.
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Icon (computing)
In computing, an icon is a pictogram or ideogram displayed on a computer screen in order to help the user navigate a computer system or mobile device.
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Incremental search
In computing, incremental search, incremental find or real-time suggestions is a user interface interaction method to progressively search for and filter through text.
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International Data Group
International Data Group, Inc. (IDG) is a Chinese-owned, American-based media, data and marketing services and venture capital organization.
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Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer (formerly Microsoft Internet Explorer and Windows Internet Explorer, commonly abbreviated IE or MSIE) is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included in the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, starting in 1995.
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JWM
JWM (Joe's Window Manager) is a lightweight stacking window manager for the X Window System written by Joe Wingbermuehle.
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KDE
KDE is an international free software community that develops Free and Open Source based software.
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KDE Plasma 5
KDE Plasma 5 is the fifth and current generation of the desktop environment created by KDE primarily for Linux systems.
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KDE Software Compilation 4
KDE Software Compilation 4 (KDE SC 4) was the only series of the so-called KDE Software Compilation (short: KDE SC), first released in January 2008 and the last release being 4.14.3 released in November 2014.
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Kludge
A kludge or kluge is a workaround or quick-and-dirty solution that is clumsy, inelegant, inefficient, difficult to extend and hard to maintain.
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Linux Mint
Linux Mint is a community-driven Linux distribution based on Debian and Ubuntu that strives to be a "modern, elegant and comfortable operating system which is both powerful and easy to use." Linux Mint provides full out-of-the-box multimedia support by including some proprietary software and comes bundled with a variety of free and open-source applications.
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Login
In computer security, logging in (or logging on or signing in or signing on) is the process by which an individual gains access to a computer system by identifying and authenticating themselves.
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Lumina (desktop environment)
Lumina Desktop Environment, or simply Lumina, is a plugin-based desktop environment for Unix and Unix-like operating systems.
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LXDE
LXDE (abbreviation for Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment) is a free desktop environment with comparatively low resource requirements.
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Macintosh operating systems
The family of Macintosh operating systems developed by Apple Inc. includes the graphical user interface-based operating systems it has designed for use with its Macintosh series of personal computers since 1984, as well as the related system software it once created for compatible third-party systems.
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MATE (software)
MATE is a desktop environment composed of free and open-source software that runs on Linux and most BSD derivatives.
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Menu (computing)
In computing and telecommunications, a menu is a list of options or commands presented to the user of a computer or communications system.
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Metro (design language)
Metro (officially known as Microsoft design language or MDL) is a design language created by Microsoft.
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Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation (abbreviated as MS) is an American multinational technology company with headquarters in Redmond, Washington.
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Microsoft Neptune
Neptune was the codename for a version of Microsoft Windows under development in 1999.
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Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a group of several graphical operating system families, all of which are developed, marketed, and sold by Microsoft.
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Multiple document interface
A multiple document interface (MDI) is a graphical user interface in which multiple windows reside under a single parent window.
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My Documents
My Documents is the commonly recognized name of a special folder in Microsoft Windows (even though starting with Windows Vista, it is called Documents only, and the actual name of the folder might be different when the language of the installed copy of Windows is not English.) This folder is supposed to be a personal area where users store their personal non-shared documents.
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My Network Places
My Network Places (formerly Network Neighborhood) is the network browser feature in Windows Explorer.
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Open-source model
The open-source model is a decentralized software-development model that encourages open collaboration.
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Operating system
An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware and software resources and provides common services for computer programs.
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PC World
PC World, stylized PCWorld, is a global computer magazine published monthly by IDG.
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Penton (company)
Penton is an information services and marketing company.
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Program Manager
Program Manager is the shell of Windows 3.x and Windows NT 3.x operating systems.
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Qvwm
Qvwm is a simple, lightweight window manager, which is intended to be a reimplementation of the Windows 95 interface for Linux systems.
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ReactOS
ReactOS is a free and open-source operating system for x86/x64 personal computers intended to be binary-compatible with computer programs and device drivers made for Windows Server 2003.
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Reboot
In computing, rebooting is the process by which a running computer system is restarted, either intentionally or unintentionally.
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Scrollbar
A scrollbar is an interaction technique or widget in which continuous text, pictures, or any other content can be scrolled in a predetermined direction (up, down, left, or right) on a computer display, window, or viewport so that all of the content can be viewed, even if only a fraction of the content can be seen on a device's screen at one time.
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Settings (Windows)
Settings (formerly PC settings) is a component of Windows 8 and later with which the user can customize and configure the operating system.
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Shutdown (computing)
To shut down or power off a computer is to remove power from a computer's main components in a controlled way.
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Sleep mode
Sleep mode is a low power mode for electronic devices such as computers, televisions, and remote controlled devices.
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Smartphone
A smartphone is a handheld personal computer with a mobile operating system and an integrated mobile broadband cellular network connection for voice, SMS, and Internet data communication; most, if not all, smartphones also support Wi-Fi.
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Software widget
A software widget is a relatively simple and easy-to-use software application or component made for one or more different software platforms.
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Special folder
On Microsoft Windows, a special folder is a folder which is presented to the user through an interface as an abstract concept instead of an absolute folder path.
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Tablet computer
A tablet computer, commonly shortened to tablet, is a portable personal computer, typically with a mobile operating system and LCD touchscreen display processing circuitry, and a rechargeable battery in a single thin, flat package.
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Taskbar
A taskbar is an element of a graphical user interface which has various purposes.
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The Verge
The Verge is an American technology news and media network operated by Vox Media.
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Theme (computing)
In computing, a theme is a preset package containing graphical appearance details.
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Tree view
A tree view or an outline view is a graphical control element that presents a hierarchical view of information.
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Tweak UI
Microsoft Tweak UI is a free application, released in 1996 by Microsoft for customizing the Microsoft Windows operating system's user interface.
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Ubuntu (operating system)
Ubuntu (stylized as ubuntu) is a free and open source operating system and Linux distribution based on Debian.
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Unity (user interface)
Unity is a graphical shell for the GNOME desktop environment originally developed by Canonical Ltd. for its Ubuntu operating system.
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Vox Media
Vox Media is an American digital media company founded on July 14, 2005 as SportsBlogs Inc.
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Windows 10
Windows 10 (codenamed Redstone, formerly Threshold) is a personal computer operating system developed and released by Microsoft, as part of the Windows NT family of operating systems.
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Windows 2000
Windows 2000 (codenamed NT 5.0) is an operating system for use on both client and server computers.
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Windows 7
Windows 7 (codenamed Vienna, formerly Blackcomb) is a personal computer operating system developed by Microsoft.
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Windows 8
Windows 8 is a personal computer operating system developed by Microsoft as part of the Windows NT family of operating systems.
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Windows 8.1
Windows 8.1 (codenamed Blue) is a computer operating system released by Microsoft.
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Windows 95
Windows 95 (codenamed Chicago) is a consumer-oriented operating system developed by Microsoft.
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Windows 9x
Windows 9x is a generic term referring to a series of Microsoft Windows computer operating systems produced from 1995 to 2000, which were based on the Windows 95 kernel and its underlying foundation of MS-DOS, both of which were updated in subsequent versions.
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Windows API
The Windows API, informally WinAPI, is Microsoft's core set of application programming interfaces (APIs) available in the Microsoft Windows operating systems.
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Windows Desktop Update
Microsoft's Windows Desktop Update was an optional feature included with Internet Explorer 4 (IE, released in September 1997), which introduced several updated shell features to the Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 operating systems.
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Windows Embedded Compact
Windows Embedded Compact, formerly Windows Embedded CE and Windows CE, is an operating system subfamily developed by Microsoft as part of its Windows Embedded family of products.* Unlike Windows Embedded Standard, which is based on Windows NT, Windows Embedded Compact uses a different hybrid kernel.
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Windows key
The Windows logo key (also known as Windows key, start key, logo key, flag key, super key, command key or flag) is a keyboard key which was originally introduced on the Microsoft Natural keyboard in 1994.
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Windows Mobile
Windows Mobile is a discontinued family of mobile operating systems developed by Microsoft for smartphones and Pocket PCs.
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Windows NT
Windows NT is a family of operating systems produced by Microsoft, the first version of which was released in July 1993.
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Windows NT 4.0
Windows NT 4.0 is an operating system that is part of Microsoft's Windows NT family of operating systems.
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Windows Phone
Windows Phone (WP) is a family of discontinued mobile operating systems developed by Microsoft for smartphones as the replacement successor to Windows Mobile and Zune.
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Windows Registry
The registry is a hierarchical database that stores low-level settings for the Microsoft Windows operating system and for applications that opt to use the registry.
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Windows RT
Windows RT is a discontinued mobile operating system developed by Microsoft.
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Windows Server 2003
Windows Server 2003 is a server operating system produced by Microsoft and released on April 24, 2003.
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Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2008 is the second major release of the Windows Server family of operating systems for server computers.
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Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2008 R2 is a server operating system produced by Microsoft.
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Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012, codenamed "Windows Server 8", is the sixth release of Windows Server.
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Windows Vista
Windows Vista (codenamed Longhorn) is an operating system by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops, tablet PCs and media center PCs.
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Windows XP
Windows XP (codenamed Whistler) is a personal computer operating system that was produced by Microsoft as part of the Windows NT family of operating systems.
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Xfce
Xfce (pronounced as four individual letters) is a free and open-source desktop environment for Unix and Unix-like operating systems, such as Linux, Solaris, and BSD.
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ZDNet
ZDNet is a business technology news website published by CBS Interactive, along with TechRepublic.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Start_menu
