Look up: Wintel

1. wintel
   (jargon, architecture) 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 ...
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2. Wintel
   This is a reference to computing devices that run Microsoft Windows and are powered by an Intel processor. It is usually a reference to a computer based on IBM`s original PC specification.
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3. Wintel
   (from the article `Sun Microsystems, Inc.`) Despite its technical and financial strengths, the company faced growing competition in the 1990s from so-called Wintel machines—computers running ...
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4. Wintel
   `Wintel` is a portmanteau of Windows and Intel, referring to personal computers using Intel x86 compatible processors running Microsoft Windows. It is mostly used to describe the monopolistic actions undertaken by both companies when attempting to dominate the market. Background : Even more so than ...
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