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Windows XP, released October 25, 2001, brings together the Windows 9x/ME and Windows NT/2000 lines into a single operating system. The XP stands for eXPerience, and represents an improved user experience. A Home Edition, for consumers, and a Professional Edition, for businesses, are available. They are both based on the core Windows 2000 program code, but consist of a combination of Windows 2000 and Windows ME features, as well as some of its own new features and a new interface. A few of these features are enhanced integration for music, video, imaging, and the Internet; built-in support for CD-R and CD-RW drives; the ability to remotely control the desktop from over a network or over the Internet; and improved network management tools.31

 

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