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Windows 10 is a personal computer operating system developed and released by Microsoft as part of the Windows NT family of operating systems.

It was officially unveiled in September 2014 following a brief demo at Build 2014.

The first version of the operating system entered a public beta testing process in October, leading up to its consumer release on July 29, 2015.

Productivity software (sometimes called personal productivity software or office productivity software) is application software dedicated to producing information, such as documents, presentations, worksheets, databases, charts, graphs, digital paintings, electronic music and digital video.

Its names arose from the fact that it increases productivity, especially of individual office workers, from typists to knowledge workers, although its scope is now wider than that.

s, which brought word processing, spreadsheet, and relational database programs to the desktop in the 1980s, are the core example of productivity software.

They revolutionized the office with the magnitude of the productivity increase they brought as compared with the pre-1980s office environments of typewriters, paper filing, and handwritten lists and ledgers.

Some 78% of "middle-skill" occupations (those that call for more than a high school diploma but less than a bachelor's degree) now require the use of productivity software.

In the 2010s, productivity software has become even more consumerized than it already was, as computing becomes ever more integrated into daily personal life.

A personal computer (PC) is a multi-purpose electronic computer whose size, capabilities, and price make it feasible for individual use.

PCs are intended to be operated directly by a end-user, rather than by a computer expert or technician.

Personal computers are forms of microcomputers, distinct from larger, more expensive minicomputer and mainframe systems.

Home computers were an early class of personal computers.

A smartphone is a mobile phone (also known as cell phones or mobiles) with an advanced mobile operating system that combines features of a personal computer operating system with other features useful for mobile or handheld use.

Smartphones, which are pocket-sized, typically combine the features of a mobile phone, such as the abilities to place and receive voice calls and create and receive text messages, with those of other popular digital mobile devices like personal digital assistants (PDAs), such as an event calendar, media player, video games, GPS navigation, digital camera and digital video camera.

Smartphones can access the Internet and can run a variety of third-party software components ("apps" from places like Google Play Store or Apple App Store).

They typically have a color display with a graphical user interface that covers more than 76% of the front surface.

The display is almost always a touchscreen and sometimes additionally a touch-enabled keyboard like the Priv/Passport BlackBerrys, which enables the user to use a virtual keyboard to type words and numbers and press onscreen icons to activate "app" features.

PC World, stylized PCWorld, is a global computer magazine published monthly by IDG.

Since 2013 it has been an online-only publication.

It offers advice on various aspects of PCs and related items, the Internet, and other personal-technology products and services.

In each publication, PC World reviews and tests hardware and software products from a variety of manufacturers, as well as other technology related devices such as still and video cameras, audio devices and televisions.