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Microsoft Windows was called "windows" as it metaphoricaly opened Windows for your business or personal computing. Why they just didn't call it Microsoft Doors I do not know.

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I think that no one really knows, but I think it's because the programs that run in the Operating System are called Windows, which is how they got the name.

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windows is important because if there are a lot of windows and you lost window you would lose everything

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Because in it you can explore your files.

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