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Wintel
(WINdows InTEL) Refers to the world's largest computer environment, which is Windows running on an Intel CPU. See Lintel and Mactel.
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(WINdows InTEL) Refers to the world's largest computer environment, which is Windows running on an Intel CPU. See Lintel and Mactel.
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