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 Windowing system: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic
A windowing system (also windows system or window system) is a standard part of all modern computer computer quick summary:
Microsoft windows is a range of closed source proprietary commercial operating environments for personal computers and also servers....
A window system enables the computer user to work with several programs or applications at the same time.
http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/w/wi/windowing_system.htm   (787 words)

  
 X Window System - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In computing, the X Window System (commonly X11 or X) provides windowing for bitmap displays.
The term "X Windows" (in the manner of "Microsoft Windows") is officially deprecated and generally considered incorrect, though it has been in common use since early in the history of X and has been used deliberately for literary effect, for example in the UNIX-HATERS Handbook.
X became the first windowing system environment to offer true hardware-independence and vendor-independence.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Window_System   (4353 words)

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