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Windows XP is an operating system from Microsoft first released in August 2001. The name "XP" is short for "eXPerience."

During development, the project was codenamed "Whistler", after Whistler, British Columbia, as many Microsoft employees skied at the Whistler-Blackcomb ski resort.

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