Windows 2.0
E213344
Windows 2.0 is an early graphical operating environment for MS-DOS that introduced overlapping windows, improved memory management, and a more advanced user interface, laying groundwork for later versions of Microsoft Windows.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Windows 2.0 canonical | 3 |
| Windows 2.x | 3 |
| Microsoft Windows 2.x | 1 |
| Windows/286 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1718973 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Windows 2.0 Context triple: [Control Panel, introducedIn, Windows 2.0]
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A.
Windows 1.0
Windows 1.0 is the first graphical operating environment released by Microsoft for IBM-compatible PCs, introducing a window-based interface on top of MS-DOS.
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B.
OS/2
OS/2 is a 32-bit multitasking operating system originally developed by IBM and Microsoft as a successor to MS-DOS, known for its stability and use in business environments in the late 1980s and 1990s.
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C.
Windows 95
Windows 95 is a landmark Microsoft operating system released in 1995 that introduced the Start menu, taskbar, and a more user-friendly graphical interface, helping to popularize personal computing.
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D.
Windows for Workgroups
Windows for Workgroups is a network-enabled edition of Microsoft Windows 3.x that added built-in peer-to-peer networking and workgroup collaboration features for small offices.
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E.
MS-DOS Executive
MS-DOS Executive is the simple file management and program-launching shell that served as the primary user interface in early versions of Microsoft Windows, notably Windows 1.0.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Windows 2.0 Target entity description: Windows 2.0 is an early graphical operating environment for MS-DOS that introduced overlapping windows, improved memory management, and a more advanced user interface, laying groundwork for later versions of Microsoft Windows.
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A.
Windows 1.0
Windows 1.0 is the first graphical operating environment released by Microsoft for IBM-compatible PCs, introducing a window-based interface on top of MS-DOS.
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B.
OS/2
OS/2 is a 32-bit multitasking operating system originally developed by IBM and Microsoft as a successor to MS-DOS, known for its stability and use in business environments in the late 1980s and 1990s.
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C.
Windows 95
Windows 95 is a landmark Microsoft operating system released in 1995 that introduced the Start menu, taskbar, and a more user-friendly graphical interface, helping to popularize personal computing.
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D.
Windows for Workgroups
Windows for Workgroups is a network-enabled edition of Microsoft Windows 3.x that added built-in peer-to-peer networking and workgroup collaboration features for small offices.
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E.
MS-DOS Executive
MS-DOS Executive is the simple file management and program-launching shell that served as the primary user interface in early versions of Microsoft Windows, notably Windows 1.0.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
graphical operating environment
ⓘ
operating system shell ⓘ |
| developer | Microsoft ⓘ |
| discontinued | true ⓘ |
| distributionMedium | floppy disk ⓘ |
| includedComponent |
GNOME Calculator
ⓘ
surface form:
Calculator
Calendar ⓘ Control Panel ⓘ MS-DOS Executive ⓘ Notepad ⓘ Paintbrush ⓘ
surface form:
Paint (Paintbrush)
Write ⓘ |
| includedProgram |
Excel
ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Excel for Windows (early versions)
Word ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Word for Windows (early versions)
|
| influenced |
Windows 3.x
ⓘ
surface form:
Windows 3.0 user interface
later Microsoft Windows memory management design ⓘ |
| initialReleaseYear | 1987 ⓘ |
| introducedFeature |
desktop icons
ⓘ
enhanced keyboard shortcuts ⓘ improved memory management ⓘ keyboard-based window switching ⓘ overlapping windows ⓘ resizable windows ⓘ |
| kernelType | does not include its own kernel ⓘ |
| license | proprietary software ⓘ |
| notableEdition |
Windows 2.0
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Windows/286
Windows/386 ⓘ |
| operatingSystem | MS-DOS ⓘ |
| partOfFamily |
Windows
ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Windows
|
| platform | IBM PC compatible ⓘ |
| predecessor | Windows 1.0 ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1987-12-09 ⓘ |
| requires | MS-DOS 3.0 or later ⓘ |
| runsOn |
Intel 80286
ⓘ
surface form:
Intel 80286 architecture
Intel 8086 ⓘ
surface form:
Intel 8086 architecture
|
| successor |
Windows 3.x
ⓘ
surface form:
Windows 3.0
|
| supportsDisplayMode |
CGA
ⓘ
EGA ⓘ VGA (on later hardware) ⓘ |
| supportsInputDevice |
keyboard
ⓘ
mouse ⓘ |
| supportsMultitasking | cooperative multitasking ⓘ |
| targetMarket |
IBM PC compatible owners
ⓘ
business users ⓘ |
| uiModel | overlapping windows model ⓘ |
| userInterfaceStyle | graphical user interface ⓘ |
| Windows/286Feature | better use of 80286 protected mode memory (via DOS) ⓘ |
| Windows/386Feature |
386 virtual machine manager
ⓘ
ability to run multiple DOS applications in virtual 8086 mode ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Windows 2.0 Description of subject: Windows 2.0 is an early graphical operating environment for MS-DOS that introduced overlapping windows, improved memory management, and a more advanced user interface, laying groundwork for later versions of Microsoft Windows.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Microsoft Windows 2.x
this entity surface form:
Windows/286
this entity surface form:
Windows 2.x
this entity surface form:
Windows 2.x