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Windows Notepad
Simple text editor included with Microsoft Windows / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Notepad (software)" redirects here. For other text editors, see Notepad (disambiguation).
Windows Notepad is a simple text editor for Windows; it creates and edits plain text documents. First released in 1983 to commercialize the computer mouse in MS-DOS, Notepad has been part of every version of Windows ever since.
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Original author(s) | Richard Brodie |
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Developer(s) | Microsoft |
Initial release | 1983; 41 years ago (1983) (as Multi-Tool Notepad) |
Stable release | 11.2302.16.0
/ February 24, 2023; 16 months ago (2023-02-24) |
Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
Platform | IA-32, x86-64, and ARM (historically Itanium, DEC Alpha, MIPS, and PowerPC) |
Predecessor | MS-DOS Editor |
Type | Text editor |
License | Freeware |
Website | apps |
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