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    Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington. Microsoft's best-known software products are the Windows line of operating systems, the Microsoft 365 suite of productivity applications, and the Edge web browser.

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    Microsoft Windows is an operating system, which means that it is the basic software that makes people's computers work and lets other programs work. The majority of desktop and laptop computers run...
    Microsoft Office is an office suite. It lets people write documents on their computer with Microsoft Word, make charts and graphs with Microsoft Excel, make presentations with Microsoft PowerPoint,...
    Internet Explorer is a piece of software that lets people look at things online (known as browsing) and download things from the Internet. In 2015, it was replaced by Microsoft Edge.
    Microsoft also makes other programs for the Internet. Many of them are called Windows Live services, with the name Windows Live put in front of the old name of the service, like Windows Live Hotmai...

    Although Microsoft is best known for its software products, the company also runs a number of web services. They include: 1. Outlook.com is a webmail service. When Microsoft created this service in 1996, it was called Hotmail. It is used to send and receive email, manage a calendar of events and tasks, and a list of contacts (such as phone numbers ...

    Microsoft has also made a wide variety of hardware over the years. Among them are computer accessories like mice, keyboards, and webcams. The company also makes and promotes a video game console, Xbox. It lets people play video games on their televisions. The games were first stored on CDs, but many recent games are downloaded from the Internet. Th...

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  2. Jan 10, 2020 · Learn how Microsoft was founded by two childhood friends and became a global leader in software and hardware. Explore the milestones of Microsoft products, from MS-DOS and Windows to Office and Xbox.

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  3. Oct 9, 2015 · Learn how Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft, a company that makes computer software, on April 4, 1975. The web page traces the history of Microsoft from its origins to its rise to dominance in the industry and its challenges with antitrust laws and Internet competition.

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  5. Microsoft Corporation is a multinational corporation based in Redmond, Washington, USA and founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing.

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