Random Facts #95 · 10:56pm May 18th, 2017
Windows 95 brought about the beginnings of the Start Menu, Taskbar, and several other elements of the GUI that still exist in modern versions of Windows. (Windows 8 and 8.1 excluded.)
The codename used for Windows 95's beta was Chicago.
At one point in the early development of Windows 95, the Start Menu was actually three different menus, split into three buttons that were eventually merged to form the Start Menu.
Internally, though it was officially "Standalone", Windows 95 ran its own version of MS-DOS, which was version 7. This was partially for compatibility purposes, and partially due to certain system resources still relying on the aged OS.
Windows 95 was a hybrid 16/32 bit kernel, allowing for a wide range of support for various programs.
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