| Codename
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Preliminary name
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Final name
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Notes
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| Windows family
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| Janus
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Windows 3.1
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| Kato
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Windows for Workgroups 3.1
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| Snowball
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Windows for Workgroups 3.11
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| Chicago
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Windows 95
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| Detroit
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Windows 95B OSR 2
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| Memphis
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Windows 98
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The codename was the key to activating an easter egg in Windows 98:
- open the "Date and Time" control panel;
- go to the "Timezone" page;
- hold the Control key and drag a line with the mouse cursor from Memphis, Egypt (or maybe Cairo, 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.
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| Neptune
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N/A
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Never released
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| Millenium, Georgia
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Windows Me
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| Windows NT family
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| OS/2 3.0
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Windows NT
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Windows NT 3.1
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| Daytona
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Windows NT 3.5
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| Cairo
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Windows NT 4.0
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| Wolfpack
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Cluster Server
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| Hydra
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Terminal Services
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Terminal Server
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Terminal Server adds "multiheading" support to Windows, and the hydra was a mythological monster with multiple heads
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| Impala
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Windows NT 4.0 Embedded
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Windows NT 5.0
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Windows 2000
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First major Windows release since Windows 2.0 without a codename
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| Astroid
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Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
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| Janus
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Windows 2000 64-bit
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Same codename as Windows 3.1
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| Odyssey
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N/A
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Never released
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| Whistler
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Windows XP
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Merge of Neptune and Odyssey
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| Mantis
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Windows XP Embedded
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| Freestyle
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Windows XP Media Center Edition 1.0
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| Harmony
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Windows XP Media Center Edition 1.5
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| Whistler Server
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Windows .NET Server
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Windows Server 2003
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One of many unrelated Microsoft projects to carry a ".NET" designation. See: Microsoft .NET
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| Bobcat
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Windows Server 2003 Small Business Edition
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| Longhorn
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N/A
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Not released yet (as of November 2004)
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| Blackcomb
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N/A
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Not released yet (as of November 2004)
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| Others
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| Quartz
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ActiveMovie
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DirectShow
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| Darwin
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Microsoft Installer
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Windows Installer
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| Bear, Bunny, Piglet
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N/A
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N/A
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Plush toys - mascots of the Windows 3.1 and Windows 95 teams. They took endless abuse and their names where given to internal Windows functions. Bear was a teddy bear and Piglet a plush doll of Piglet from Winnie the Pooh
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