2012 Microsoft operating system version

Windows 8

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Subject	Windows 8
Category	2012 Microsoft operating system version
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Key date	2012

Windows 8 is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft. It was released to manufacturing on August 1, 2012, made available for download via MSDN and TechNet on August 15, 2012, and generally released for retail on October 26, 2012.

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