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Windows 95 was a significant operating system developed by Microsoft Corporation and released in 1995. It marked a major advancement by fully integrating MS-DOS with the Windows graphical user interface, making it easier to use and comparable to Apple's Mac OS. This integration was a key step in Microsoft's dominance in the operating system market, building on the success of earlier Windows versions and the foundational MS-DOS. Windows 95 effectively superseded the MS-DOS platform, though some MS-DOS applications could still be run.12

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