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Wintel

/ˈwɪn.tɛl/

Wintel proper noun: the computing environment of the Microsoft Windows operating system running on an Intel CPU.

Proper noun

Wintel

  1. (informal) The computing environment of the Microsoft Windows operating system running on an Intel CPU.
    • “We used to produce our publication on the Mac, but the Wintel platform is cheaper and there are just as many applications available. So it just seemed to make sense to give up the religious war and get on with the business of doing our job,” said the information systems manager at a New York-based...1996 September 23, “Intel attacks Mac publishing niche”, in Computerworld, volume 30, number 39, →ISSN, page 56

Origin of Wintel

Blend of Windows + Intel.

Questions about Wintel

What does Wintel mean?
Wintel means the computing environment of the Microsoft Windows operating system running on an Intel CPU.
What part of speech is Wintel?
Wintel is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Wintel?
Wintel is pronounced /ˈwɪn.tɛl/.

Words near Wintel in the dictionary

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  2. winstubs
  3. Wint
  4. wintard
  5. wintards
  6. Wintel
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  8. winter aconite
  9. winter aconites
  10. winter bentgrass
  11. winter blue

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