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wintel

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Jargon  File  (4.2.3,  23  NOV  2000)  [jargon]: 
 
  Wintel  n.  Microsoft  Windows  plus  Intel  -  the  tacit  alliance 
  that  dominated  desktop  computing  in  the  1990s.  Now  (1999)  possibly  on 
  the  verge  of  breaking  up  under  pressure  from  {Linux};  see  {Lintel}. 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  wintel 
 
    A  term  describing  any  computer 
  {platform}  consisting  of  some  version  of  {Microsoft  Windows} 
  running  on  an  {Intel  80x86}  processor  or  compatible. 
 
  Despite  the  dominance  of  the  wintel  platform,  in  its  many 
  forms,  from  {MS-DOS}  on  an  {Intel  8088}  to  {Windows  2000}  on  a 
  {Pentium  II  Xeon},  there  are  many  "non-wintel"  {platforms}  in 
  use  These  include  {Acorn},  {Amiga},  {Apple},  {ARM},  {Atari}, 
  {A\Box},  {Be},  {Network  Computer},  {OS/2},  {PowerPC},  {Psion}, 
  {Linux}  and  all  other  {Unix}  systems. 
 
  {Convergence  International  (http://www.convergence.org/)}. 
 
  (1999-09-15)