Windows 3.1

operating system A version of Microsoft Windows with many

improvements over Windows 3.0, including True Type Fonts,

Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) and Mouse Trails for

use with LCD Devices. It also saw the loss of Real Mode,

which meant it would no longer run on Intel 8086 processors

(did anyone ever do this anyway?).

Sometimes described as "stand-alone Windows", in contrast to

Windows for Workgroups 3.1. Windows 3.11 is a free

bug-fix update. 3.1's successors are Windows 95 and

Windows NT.

(1996-07-08)