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List of Microsoft codenames
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<p> Microsoft codenames are given by <a href="/facts/Microsoft/nGIDDXdx">Microsoft</a> to products it has in development before these products are given the names by which they appear on store shelves. Many of these products (new versions of <a href="/facts/Windows/bwhAhuSL">Windows</a> in particular) are of major significance to the <a href="/facts/Information_Technology/glMzunwe">IT</a> community, and so the terms are often widely used in discussions before the official release. Microsoft usually does not announce a final name until shortly before the product is publicly available. It is not uncommon for Microsoft to reuse <a href="/facts/Codename/MRq0mo4b">codenames</a> a few years after a previous usage has been abandoned. </p><p>There has been some suggestion that Microsoft may move towards defining the real name of their upcoming products earlier in the product development lifecycle to avoid needing product codenames. </p>