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Г. В. Царева
2003: 64-Bit Operating Systems
A new generation of scalable 64-bit server applications demanded a new platform with additional scalability and reliability. Originally launched as Windows Advanced Server, Limited Edition, Microsoft now features 64-bit versions of the Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition, and Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition, operating systems.
Designed specifically for 64-bit Intel Itanium hardware, these server operating systems break the 4-gigabyte (GB), 64-GB memory limit and support memory-intensive applications, such as those for data warehousing, business intelligence, and Web hosting.
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WINDOWS TECHNOLOGIES HISTORY
Microsoft Windows® XP technologies make it easy to enjoy your favorite games, music, and movies; create home movies; enhance digital photos, and more.
D  irect X
Microsoft DirectX® 9.0 technology drives high-speed multimedia and games on the PC. DirectX provides the exciting graphics, sound, music, and three-dimensional animation that bring games to life. DirectX is also the platform that allows software developers to build the type of exciting, high-speed multimedia required for today's PC-based games.
DirectX debuted in 1995 and quickly became a recognized standard for multimedia application development on the Windows platform. Today, DirectX 9.0 integrates an advanced suite of multimedia application programming interfaces (APIs) into Microsoft Windows operating systems so that software developers can access specialized hardware features without having to write hardware-specific code.
D   irectX 9.0 can be installed on:
Windows 98 Second Edition
Windows Millennium Edition (Windows Me)
Windows 2000 Professional and Windows 2000 Server
Windows XP Home and Windows XP Professional
Windows Media Player
Included with Windows operating systems for several years, Windows Media® Player allows users to play music CDs, DVD movies, and digitally stored songs on their computers.
Windows Movie Maker
When Windows Me arrived in 2000 – specifically designed for home computer users – it featured the first Microsoft version of a consumer video-editing product, Windows Movie Maker. An easy-to-use video editor, Movie Maker is used to capture, organize, and edits video clips, and then export them for PC or Web playback.
Movie Maker 2, released in 2003, adds new movie-making transitions, jazzy titles, and fun special effects. Based on the Microsoft DirectShow® and Windows Media technologies, Movie Maker was originally included only with Windows Me. Today Movie Maker 2 is available for Windows XP Home Edition and Windows XP Professional.
Windows Messenger
With the release of Windows XP in 2001 came Windows Messenger, bringing instant messaging to users across the Internet. With Windows Messenger, users communicate with one another in real time with text messages. Although real-time communication such as video conferencing has been available as a technology for some time, Windows Messenger was the first communication tool that provided an integrated, easy-to-use way of participating in text chat, voice and video communication, and data collaboration.
The latest edition, Windows Messenger 4.7, improves instant messaging capabilities with new task-based menus, cool emoticons, and easier ways to organize and group contacts.
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OTHER WINDOWS PRODUCTS
 
Today, the reliable and familiar Microsoft Windows® platform extends beyond the office desktop, helping make “any time, any place” computing a reality. Embedded technology is the means by which computing power is placed in more places than ever, from handheld devices to automobiles.
Many of the rapidly evolving embedded products rely on special versions of the Windows operating system. Now software developers and hardware manufacturers can use Windows technology to build intelligent, 32-bit Windows-based devices that connect people to information in innovative ways.
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