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Then please consider to donate. 1F4bzdYhxrNBG56H13xkfZgcZXfjpKQbrt Donate Operating Systems GNU/Linux GNU HURD Microware OS-9 Solaris SunOS HP-UX AIX OpenVMS Mac OS MINIX FreeBSD NetBSD OpenBSD DragonFly Plan 9 FreeDOS Caldera OpenDOS Novell DOS DR-DOS PC-DOS BeOS QNX AROS OS/2 AtheOS SkyOS Syllable Visopsys ReactOS Menuet AmigaOS AmigaDOS IRIX SINIX BSD/OS Ultrix TRS-DOS (TRS-80) ProDOS (Apple ][e) DOS3.3 (Apple ][) CP/M (as used prior to the IBM PC - ie KayPro, Osborne) Unix Multics OS/360 MVS RiscOS NeXTStep Microsoft DOS Windows codenames Windows 3.1x/9x Codename Preliminary name Final name Notes Kato (Winball), Sparta (Jastro) Windows for Workgroups 3.1 Snowball (LB) Windows for Workgroups 3.11 Chicago Windows 95 O'Hare Internet Explorer, first shipped in Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95 O'Hare is the main airport for the city of Chicago. Frosting Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95 Detroit Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2 Nashville Internet Explorer 4 Cancelled Windows version Memphis Windows 98 The codename was the key to activating an easter egg in Windows 98: open the "Date and Time" control panel; go to the "Timezone" page; hold the Control key and drag a line with the mouse cursor from Memphis, Egypt (or maybe Cairo - the map is too small to tell) to Memphis, Tennessee. Still holding the Control key, drag another line from Memphis to Redmond, Washington; a window opens with the credits for Windows 98. Millennium Windows Me Me stands for Millennium Edition Windows NT family Codename Preliminary name Final name Notes NT OS/2, OS/2 3.0, Portable OS/2, NTOS, Razzle Windows NT 3.1 Daytona Windows NT 3.5 Cairo N/A Never released. SUR (Shell Update Release) Windows NT 4.0 Microsoft originally planned for NT 4.0 to be just a simple "Shell Update Release" to integrate the Windows 95 GUI with Windows 3.51's kernel. Wolfpack Microsoft Cluster Server Hydra Terminal Services, Terminal Server Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server Terminal Server adds "multithreading" support to Windows (the ability to run multiple instances of the graphics subsystem), and the Lernaean Hydra is a mythological monster with multiple heads. Impala Windows NT 4.0 Embedded Memphis NT Windows NT 5.0 Windows 2000 Asteroid Windows 2000 Service Pack 1 Janus N/A Planned 64-bit variant of Windows 2000. Neptune N/A Ideas project, merged to Whistler. Whistler Windows XP Merge of Neptune and Odyssey. Named after Whistler, British Columbia, where design retreats were held. Odyssey N/A Ideas project, merged to Whistler. Anvil Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Mira Windows XP Tablet PC Edition Lonestar Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 Triton N/A Mantis Windows XP Embedded Creekside Windows XP Starter Trident Windows XP Media Center Edition eHome Windows Media Center Freestyle Windows XP Media Center Edition 2002 Name of a terrain rating system in the Whistler-Blackcomb resort. Harmony Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 Name of a ski lift and alpine bowl in Whistler, British Columbia. Symphony Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Name of an alpine bowl in Whistler, British Columbia. Emerald Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Update Rollup Name of a ski lift in Whistler, British Columbia. Trainyard Windows XP Service Pack 1 Trainyard was an engineering package of driver updates to ship simultaneously with Windows XP Service Pack 1, the most major of which was support for USB 2.0 which was also ported backwards to Windows 2000. Springboard Windows XP Service Pack 2 Name of a ski run on Blackcomb in Whistler, British Columbia. Whistler Server, Windows 2002 Server, Windows .NET Server, Windows .NET Server 2003 Windows Server 2003 Bobcat Windows Small Business Server 2003 Bobcat is a ski-run on Whistler Mountain. Eiger Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs A low-end version of Windows XP that is intended to be a thin-client that works with older hardware. Available through the Microsoft Software Assurance program. The Eiger is a mountain in the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland. The Eiger is part of a trio of mountains, The Eiger, The Mönch and The Jungfrau. Crossbow Windows Mobile 6.0 Longhorn Windows Vista Named after the Longhorn Bar in the Whistler-Blackcomb resort; initially planned as an "interim release" between "Whistler" and "Blackcomb" (which is now "Vienna"). Reset in 2004 due to development issues. Cougar Windows Small Business Server 2008 Cougar is a ski-run on Whistler Mountain. Q, Quattro Windows Home Server Announced at CES 2007. Original project codename was "Quattro" because it was the leader of the project's 4th attempt at building a home server at Microsoft. Renamed to Q once the project moved out of incubation stage. Windows 7 Windows 7 "Windows 7" was the original project codename. It was decided that this must be kept. Windows Server 7 Windows Server 2008 R2 In development. Planned "mid-size" (25-500 PC) edition of Longhorn Server.[1]. Vail Windows Home Server 2011 Windows 8 Windows 8 Server 8 Windows Server 2012 Metro Windows 8 Style UI Renamed from Metro because of legal issues involving the German Metro company. Jupiter Windows RT Windows 8 application framework. Blue Windows 8.1 Server Blue Windows Server 2012 R2 Threshold Windows 10 Threshold 2 Windows 10 November Update Threshold Server Windows Server 2016 Redstone Windows 10 Anniversary Update Redstone is a mineral and item in Minecraft, a game product by Mojang and Microsoft bought it in 2015 Redstone 2 Windows 10 Creators Update Redstone 3 Windows 10 Fall Creators Update Redstone 3 Server Windows Server version 1709 Redstone 4 Windows 10 Spring Creators Update Windows 10 April 2018 Update Redstone 4 Server Windows Server version 1803 Redstone 5 Windows 10 October 2018 Update Redstone 5 Server Windows Server 2019, Windows Server version 1809 19H1 Windows 10 19H1 Windows 10 May 2019 Update Server 19H1 Windows Server version 1903 19H2, Vanadium Windows 10 19H2 Windows 10 version 1909 Server 19H2, Server Vanadium Windows Server 19H2 Windows Server version 1909 20H1, Vibranium Windows 10 20H1 Windows 10 version 2004 Server 20H1, Server Vibranium Windows Server 20H1 Windows Server version 2004 20H2, Magnanese (insider preview only) Windows 10 20H2 Server 20H2 (insider preview only) Windows Server 20H2 Iron Windows 10 Iron Server Iron Windows Server Iron

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By Number A good naming scheme should be scalable, but there could be times when a fixed number of machines are only ever going to be used. These are dedicated to those machines. 2 Duals 3 Greek Tragedians 4 Card Suits Cardinal Directions of a Compass Classical Elements Horsemen of the Apocalypse Seasons of the year The Beatles Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 5 Senses* Rivers of Greek Underworld Elements The Marx Brothers 6 Chess Pieces Lords of the Sith Quarks 7 Continents Days of Week Gilligan's Island Characters Seven Deadly Sins Seven Dwarves Seven colors of rainbow Sons of Fëanor 9 Planets/Stars (Planets) Reindeer* Team Fortress 2 Classes The Nine Muses of Arts and Learning The Muses of Greek Mythology LOTR - The Fellowship of the Ring 10 Game of Thrones (Houses) 12 Apostles Calendar Months Chinese Calendar Knights of the Round Table Tribes of Israel Zodiac Signs Olympians (Greek) Olympians (Roman) 15 Books of the Book of Mormon 24 Greek Alphabet* Runes Batman Characters 26 NATO Alphabet 27 Books of the New Testament 39 Books of the Old Testament 66 Books of the Bible 72 Touhou Characters 118 Periodic Table of Elements
By Letter # 2-D Objects 20th Century Fox Movies 57 Selected Stars for Navigation 80s Pop/Rock Stars A A song of ice and fire A-Team Actors Actresses Acura AD&D Spells* Addams Family, The Aircraft* Aircraft Manufacturers Airport Codes Albums Alcohols Alias(TV Show) All Actors and Actresses Angels Animals Animal Groups Animal Farm Characters Anime Characters* Antipopes Apostles Apple Computer Models Apples Appliances Archery Architects* Argonauts Arrested Development Artists Assassins Asterix Astronomical Bodies Atomic Particles Austin Powers Characters Australian Animals Australian Plant Genera Authors* Aztec gods B Babar the Elephant Baby Animals Babylon 5 Back to the Future Bands Basic and Applied Sciences Batman Characters Battleships* Battlestar Galactica Beans The Beatles Beavis and Butt-head Beers Belgariad Locations Bible (Books) Bible Names Bible Versions Bill Murray Movies Big Bang Theory Characters Big Lebowski Characters Big Red Machine Birds Blackadder Characters Blade Runner Board Games Bodily Fluids Body Parts Bones Book of Mormon Books The word 'Box' in many languages Brady Bunch Brand Names Types of Bread Breakfast Cereals Breaking Bad Bridges British counties British Prisons Bruces' Philosophers Song Bruce Willis Roles Buffy The Vampire Slayer Bunnies Words ending in Board C Cakes Canadian Arctic Islands Candy* Cable and Satellite Channels Calendar Months Call of Duty Guns Captains Card Games* Cardinal signs of inflammation Caribbean musical forms Cars Car Parts Cartoon Characters Catholic Saints* Cats Celtic Runes CEOs* Cheeses* Chemical Compounds* Chess Pieces Chess World Champions Chicago "L" Lines and Stations Chicken Wings Chilli Peppers Chinese Food* Chinese Calendar Christmas Songs Chronicles of Amber Chrono Trigger characters Church Buildings Cigarette Ingredients Ciphers Cities Cities of Christian Church History Classic Computers Classical Composers Clouds Cocktails Coen Brothers Movies Coffee College/University Professors Colors Columbia Pictures Movies Comic Book Characters Comic Strip Characters* Comic Strips* Community* Composers Computer Languages Computer characters Computer Parts Condiments* Connectors Constellations Continents Counter-Strike Defusal Maps Country Capitals Countries Cows, Breeds of Cricketers Cruise Ships Crystals Cuban Cigar Brands Culture Ships Currencies Curries D Dungeons and Dragons Monsters* Dungeons and Dragons Weaponry Darkover* Days of Week Dead Cars Dead Languages* Dead Rock Stars* Demons* Desert Themed* Detectives Devery & The Westlands* Diablo II Dilbert Dinosaurs* Directors Disasters Discoverers Discworld characters Diseases* Disney Princesses Distributors Doctors* Doctor Who characters Dog Breeds* Dog Names* Douglas Adams Characters* Dragons* Dragons (World_of_Warcraft) Dragonriders of Pern* DreamWorks Pictures Movies Drives* Drunk Synonyms Duals Dune (Frank Herbert's) Dwarves E Economists Egyptian Gods The Elder Scrolls Electrical Components Elements Elvish Noble Houses Five Elements Emoticons* Emotions* European Union Countries European Car Brands* EVE Online Regions EVE Online Ships Execution Styles Explosives* F Family Guy Characters* Famous Ducks Famous Horses* Famous Slaves Famous Traitors Farm Machinery Fashion Designers* Faster than light* Father Ted Characters* Fast-acting Poisons* Felines Female Animals FF8 Guardian Forces Filipino Dishes Final Fantasy Finnish Drinks Finding Nemo Fire Emblem Firearms Fireboy and Watergirl Firefly (TV series) Fish Flowers* Fonts* Foods That Begin With The Letter Q Former Chicago Pro Athletes Founding Fathers of the US Formula One World Champions Fox Searchlight Pictures Movies Fractals Fraggle Rock Characters Fruit Friends (TV Show) Futurama Characters* G Gangsters Game of Thrones Gardening Implements Gemstones Generals Geographic G.I. Joe* Gilligan's Island Gilmore Girls Characters Goa'uld System Lords Gods, Goddesses and Demons of Death and the Underworld Golden Sun summons Grand Theft Auto (GTA) Greek Alphabet Greek Gods Greek islands Guitar Makers* Gumby Characters H Halo* Half Life* Harry Potter* Hats* Hawaii* Headache Medicines* Heavens and mythical places* Hell, Circles of Herbs* Heinlein characters* Highways* Hip Hop MCs (Rappers)* Hindu Deities Historical Computers Hitchhikers Guide Characters Hitchhikers Guide Planets* Holidays* Homestar Runner* Homestuck Characters* Hop Varieties* Honda* Horsemen of the Apocolypse* Human Hormones Hunger Games Hurricane Names Hyperion I Iceland Volcanoes Ikea Product Names Illegal Drugs Indian Food Infamous Cars Intellectuals (Top 100) Intercourse Synonyms Internet Slang Intoxicated Synonyms Islands Italian Names* J James Bond Girls James Bond Movies James Bond Villains Japanese Emperors Japanese Food Japanese Names Jellybean Flavours Jewish Holidays* Jurists* Justice League K Kabbalah Knight Rider Knights of the Round Table Knots Kraftwerk Kitchen Appliances L Land of the Lost Languages* Latin Numbers Las Vegas Acts Vegas Hotels League of Legends Champions Looney Tunes LOTR Characters LOTR Gods LOTR Places LOTR Weapons Libertarians Libraries in the Ancient World Lineage II Major Cities Linguists Linux Commands Linux Flavors* Lithuanian gods Lovecraft's works* The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe London Underground LOST Characters LOST DHARMA Stations Lucky Phrases M MAC Addresses Magic: The Gathering Card Names * Magicians Maginot Line Major League Baseball Teams (MLB) Male Animals Manga Characters* The Marx Brothers Mass Effect (1st/2nd/3rd installment) Mass Murderers Matrix Characters Meats* Medical Disorders* Medical Implements Members of the Baseball (MLB) Hall of Fame Members of the Football (NFL) Hall of Fame Members of the Hockey (NHL) Hall of Fame Members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Memes Mental Illnesses Mental Institutions Mercedes-Benz models Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Movies Mexican Foods Mighty Boosh Midkemia Military Vehicles Minerals Minions Minor planets Monitoring Stations (Germany) Monsters from Godzilla Monty Python Players Monty Python Characters Moons of Jupiter Motorcycles Movies Mozilla MrMen Muppets The Nine Muses of Arts and Learning The Muses of Greek Mythology Musical Ages Musical Groups Musical Instrument Mustelids Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom My Little Pony Mythological Characters N Naming Schemes (Meta) Narnia National Anthems* Native american tribes* NATO Alphabet National Basketball Association Teams (NBA) National Football League Teams (NFL) National Hockey League Teams (NHL) National Parks Nazi Concentration Camps Neon Genesis Evangelion's Angels Nerves New Line Cinema Movies Nibelung Nickelodeon Characters Nickelodeon Shows Nobel Laureates Norse Mythology NSA surveillance tools Nuts Nuclear Tests Nuclear Plants O Oceans Operating Systems Overwatch Heroes P Pain Killers* Painters Palindromes* Paramount Pictures Movies Paris Métro Pastas* Pee-Wee Characters* Penis Synonyms Peppers* Pern* Peter Pan* Philip K. Dick Characters* Philosophers Phobias* Phonetic Alphabet Physical Injuries* Pinchcliffe Grand Prix Pirates (Real Life)* Pirates of the Caribbean Characters Pirate Jargon Pizza Toppings Planets/Stars Plants Plant Parts Plumbing Parts Poets Pokemon Politicians Popcap Games Popes Porn Porn Stars Porridge Characters Porsche Models Port Wine Portal Characters Power Plants PowerPuff Girls Presidents (U.S.) Presidents (Finnish) Prescription Drugs Primates* Prisons* Producers Production Companies Psychotic Computers* Purple Monsters Q Quake 3 Quarks R The Rat Pack Recording Media Red Dwarf Reindeer* Religions* Reptiles* Reservoir Dogs* Restaurant Names* Rick and Morty Rights enumerated in the US Constitution Bill of Rights Rivers* Robots Roman Gods Roman Caesars Rockets* Rocks Rocky Horror Picture Show Roller Coasters Root Vegetables Roses* Russian Royalty S Saga (Comic) Sailboat parts Sailboat Types Sailboat Classes Sayer Saints Scientists Scottish Castles* Search Engines* Seas Secret Organizations* Seinfeld Characters* Seinfeld Catchphrases* Senses* Sephiroth system* Serial Killers* Sesame Street Characters Seven Deadly Sins Seven Dwarves The seven Great Evils Shakespeare Characters Sharks Sherlock Ships Shrek Characters Sidekicks Simpsons Singers Ski Resorts SkyrimShouts Sluggy Freelance Characters Smurfs Snakes* Sneakers SNL Characters* Small Yellow Creatures Soda/Pops Sons of anarchy* Sons of Fëanor Sound Effects* South Park* Song Titles* Sopranos* Soviet Space Program* Spacecraft/Satellites* Spices Sports Space Marine Primarchs Stargate. Females of* Stargate. Locations of* StarCraft* Star Trek Star Wars* Star Wars RPG Weaponry* Stars (57 Selected Stars for Navigation) Stars (IAU Catalog) Starships States in Malaysia Stereotypical Server Names Stock Exchanges Sexually Transmitted Diseases Super Mario Supreme Court Justices Stones Superheroes T Tanks Tarot cards (Major Arcana) Team Fortress 2 Classes Teas Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Telescopes Tests (types of) Test Pilots The Day the Music Died The Wheel of Time Thomas & Friends* Three Musketeers* Tintin, friends and foes* Tire Companies Top Gun* Touhou Characters Torture Devices Trains* Transformers* Transportation Trees* Tribes of Israel Tropical Islands* TV Shows* Twin Peaks* Types of Underwear* Tyrants* U Ultima Runes Ultima virtues United States United States Capitals Universal Pictures Movies Unix Commands UNIX Signals UNIX Error Codes V Vagina Synonyms Vicious Animals* Video Games* Video Game Characters Viruses* Volcanoes Vomit Synonyms Volkswagen Models* Vacuum manufacturers W Wacky Races Wargames* Warner Bros. Movies Weapons* Weather* Weather-related Injuries Welcome to Night Vale Wes Anderson Movies Whisky* Wild Kingdom Wind Bands Windows codenames* Winds* Wines* Winnie the Pooh* Witcher* Wizardry I-V Spells Wombles* World of Warcraft* World Rally Championship Wrestlers* Writers Wu-Tang Clan* X Xbox X-Men* X-Files Characters Y Yes Z Zodiac Signs Zork