Windows 3.1x/9x
Codename | Preliminary name | Final name | Notes | Ref |
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Sparta, Winball | Windows Plus | Windows for Workgroups 3.1 | Windows 3.1 (16-bit) with enhanced networking; designed to work particularly well as a client with the new Windows NT. | |
Snowball | Windows for Workgroups 3.10 | Windows for Workgroups 3.11 | Although this release was still 16-bit Windows, it included a 32-bit TCP/IP stack (when running on compatible hardware). Along with Win32s, this was one of the first steps towards moving the Windows desktop to a 32-bit code base. | |
Chicago | Windows 4.0 | Windows 95 | The 32bit protected mode kernel of Chicago (Windows 95) was codenamed Cougar and runs on top of Jaguar (Chicago kernel). | |
O'Hare | IE1 | Internet Explorer, first shipped in Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95 | The codename O'Hare ties into the Chicago codename for Windows 95: O'Hare International Airport is the largest airport in the city of Chicago, Illinois — in Microsoft's words, "a point of departure to distant places from Chicago". | |
Frosting | Windows 95 codename | Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95 | ||
Detroit | Windows 4.1 | Windows 95 OSR 2 | Named after Detroit, Michigan. A writer for Maximum PC suggested that "Detroit" and other Windows 95-era names were answers to the question posed by Microsoft's "Where do you want to go today?" marketing campaign. | |
Nashville | Windows 96 | Windows Desktop Update, Internet Explorer 4.0 | Cancelled upgrade for Windows 95; sometimes referred to in the press as Windows 96. Codename was reused for Internet Explorer 4.0 which incorporated many of the technologies planned for Nashville. | |
Memphis | Windows 97, Windows 4.1 | Windows 98 | The codename was the key to activating an easter egg in Windows 98:
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Millennium | Windows 4.9 | Windows Me | Me stands for Millennium Edition. |
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