# Windows

Tool · [Standard tools and platforms](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tools)

Also called: Microsoft Windows, Windows PC, Windows computer

[Microsoft](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/microsoft)'s [operating system](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/operating-system) for personal computers, the most common one on office desktops and laptops.

**For example:** A startup selling to [factories](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/software-factory) makes sure its app runs on Windows, since every office PC there uses it.

Official site: <https://www.microsoft.com/windows>

## Connects to (8)

- [Operating system](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/operating-system): The base software that runs a computer or phone, such as Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS or Android.
- [Microsoft](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/microsoft): The company behind Copilot and Azure.
- [macOS](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/macos): Apple's operating system for Mac computers.
- [Linux](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/linux): A free, open-source operating system family.
- [.NET](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/dotnet): A free, open-source platform from Microsoft for building apps for the web, Windows, phones and the cloud, mostly in C#.
- [Windows Forms](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/windows-forms): A Microsoft framework for building desktop apps for Windows with .NET.
- [Windows Presentation Foundation](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/wpf): A Microsoft framework for building Windows desktop apps with .NET, with richer layouts and graphics than Windows Forms.
- [WinUI](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/winui): Microsoft's current framework for the look and controls of modern Windows apps.

Map view: https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/windows