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=== Windows 3.1x/9x ===
===Windows 3.1x/9x===
 
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!width=15%|Final name
!width=15%|Final name
!Notes
!Notes
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|Janus
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|Windows 3.1, Windows 3.11
|Same codename as Windows NT 5.0/2000 64-bit.
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|Kato (Winball), Sparta (Jastro)
|Kato (Winball), Sparta (Jastro)
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|Detroit
|Detroit
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|Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2
|Windows 95 Service Pack 2
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* open the "Date and Time" control panel;
* open the "Date and Time" control panel;
* go to the "Timezone" page;
* 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;
* hold the Control key and drag a line with the mouse cursor from ''Memphis'', Egypt (or maybe Cairo, the codename of Windows NT 4 - 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.
* a window opens with the credits for Windows 98.
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|Dolly
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|Windows 98 Second Edition
|''Dolly'' refers to Dolly the Sheep, the first sheep to be cloned.
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|Millennium
|Millennium
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=== Windows NT family ===
===Windows NT family===
 
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|Daytona
|Daytona
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|Windows NT 3.5
|Windows NT 3.5x
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|Never released.
|Never released.
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|SUR (Shell Update Release)
|SUR (Shell Update Release), NT 96
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|Windows NT 4.0
|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.
|Microsoft originally planned for NT 4.0 to be just a simple "Shell Update Release" to integrate the Windows 96 GUI with Windows 3.51's kernel.
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|Wolfpack
|Wolfpack
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|Impala
|Impala
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|Windows NT 4.0 Embedded
|Windows NT 4.0 Embedded
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|Memphis NT
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|Windows NT 5.0
|Windows NT 5.0
|Windows 2000  
|Windows 2000  
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|Same codename as Windows 98. Its server counterpart is called Windows Server 2000.
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|Asteroid
|Asteroid
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|Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
|''Cancelled SP1 release of Windows 2000''
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|Janus
|Janus
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|N/A
|Windows NT 5.0 64-bit, Windows 2000 64-bit
|Planned 64-bit variant of Windows 2000.
|Same codename as Windows 3.1
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|Neptune
|Neptune
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|Windows 2001, Windows. NET 2001
|N/A
|N/A
|Ideas project, merged to Whistler.
|Ideas project, merged to Whistler.
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|Whistler
|Whistler
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|N/A
|Windows XP
|Windows Whistler
|Merge of Neptune and Odyssey. Named after Whistler, British Columbia, where design retreats were held.
|Merge of Whistler build 2202, Neptune and Project Odyssey. Named after Whistler, British Columbia, where design retreats were held.
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|Odyssey
|Odyssey
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|Windows 5.1, Windows NT 5.1
|N/A
|Windows XP
|Ideas project, merged to Whistler.
|Ideas project, merged to Whistler.
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|Anvil
|Sundown
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|Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
|Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
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|Triton
|Triton
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|N/A
|N/A
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|Mantis
|Mantis
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|eHome
|eHome
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|Windows Media Center
|Windows Media CenteR
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|Freestyle
|Freestyle
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|Windows XP Media Center Edition 2002
|Windows XP Media Center Edition 2003
|Name of a terrain rating system in the Whistler-Blackcomb resort.
|Name of a terrain rating system in the Whistler-Blackcomb resort.
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|Emerald
|Emerald
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|Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Update Rollup
|Windows XP Media Center Edition 2006
|Name of a ski lift in Whistler, British Columbia.
|Name of a ski lift in Whistler, British Columbia.
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|Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs
|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.
|A low-end version of Windows XP that is intended to be a thin-client that works with older hardware. Available through Microsoft Software Assurance|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.
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|Crossbow
|Mönch
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|Windows Mobile 6.0
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|Windows Mobile 6
|Similar to Eiger, but supports Windows Mobile devices, Windows Image Acquisition, wireless networking, Virtual private networks|VPN-s and advanced IP (Internet Protocol) security. The Mönch is a mountain in the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland. The Mönch is part of a trio of mountains, The Eiger, The Mönch and The Jungfrau.
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|Longhorn
|Longhorn
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|Cougar
|Cougar
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|Windows Small Business Server 2008
|Windows Small Business Server 2008
|Cougar is a ski-run on Whistler Mountain.
|Cougar is a ski-run on Whistler Mountain.
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|Windows 7
|Windows 7
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|Windows 7
|Windows 7
|"Windows 7" was the original project codename. It was decided that this must be kept.  
|"Windows 7" was the original project codename. It was decided that this must be kept.  
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|Windows Server 7
|Server 7
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|Windows Server 2008 R2
|Windows Server 2008 R2
|In development. Planned "mid-size" (25-500 PC) edition of Longhorn Server.[http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2005/sep05/09-06Infrastructure.mspx].
|In development. Planned "mid-size" (25-500 PC) edition of Longhorn Server.[http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2005/sep05/09-06Infrastructure.mspx].
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|Vail
|Vail, Home Server 7
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|Windows Home Server 2011
|Windows Home Server 2010
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|Windows 8
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|Windows 8
|Windows 8
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|Windows RT
|Windows RT
|Windows 8 application framework.
|Windows 8 application frameworj.
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|Blue
|Blue
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|Server Blue
|Server Blue, Server 8.1
|Windows Server 2013
|Windows Server 2012 R2
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|Windows Server 2012 R2
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|8.1 Update 1
|Windows 8.1 Update 1
|Windows 8.11
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|Threshold
|Threshold
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|Windows 10
|Windows 10
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|Redstone 5 Server
|Redstone 5 Server
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|Windows Server 2019, Windows Server version 1809
|Windows Server version 1809
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|Server 19H1
|Server 19H1
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|Windows Server 2016 R2
|Windows Server version 1903
|Windows Server 2019, Windows Server version 1903
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|20H1, Vibranium
|20H1, Vibranium
|Windows 10 20H1
|Windows 10 20H1, Windows 10 version 2004
|Windows 10 version 2004
|Windows 2020
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|Server 20H1, Server Vibranium
|Server 20H1, Server Vibranium
|Windows Server 20H1
|Windows Server 20H1, Windows Server
|Windows Server version 2004
|Windows Server 2020, Windows Server version 2004
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|Server 20H2 (insider preview only)
|Server 20H2 (insider preview only)
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|Windows Server 20H2
|Windows 10 20H2
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|Iron
|Iron
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|Windows 10 Iron
|Windows 2020 Iron
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