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{{Infobox operating system
|title = Windows Embedded Compact
|logo = Windows Embedded Compact 2013.svg
|logo size = 200px
|screenshot = WEC2013_5029_Desktop.png
|developer = Microsoft Corporation
|source model = 闭源
|initial release version = [[Windows CE 1.0]]
|initial release date = 1996-11-16
|latest release version = [[Windows Embedded Compact 2013]]
|latest release date = 2013-6-13
|supported platforms = x86、ARMv7
|kernel type = Hybrid
|license = Proprietary
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Windows Embedded Compact（以前称为 Windows CE，CE 代表紧凑型版（''Compact Edition''）或消费电子产品（''Consumer Electronics''））是 Microsoft 的实时嵌入式操作系统。作为 Windows Embedded 平台的一部分，Windows CE 设计用于手持计算机或内存和资源有限的系统。

系统内核和库用于 Windows Mobile 及其后续版本 [[Windows Phone]]，后者专为智能手机和掌上电脑设计，以及用于 Sega Dreamcast 视频游戏控制台的运行时库。随着 [[Windows Phone 8]] 的发布，Windows CE 架构被放弃，选择使用 NT 内核作为 MinWin 架构的一部分。

== History ==
Early versions of Windows CE were inspired by the [[Microsoft WinPad]] operating system, a scrapped mobile platform for handheld PCs based on the [[16-bit Windows]] family. Versions of WinPad can be found in various [[Windows 3.1]] SDKs. It is also included in early development builds of [[Windows 95]] up till [[Windows 95 build 275|build 275]].

== Timeline ==
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%"
|-
! Name
! Version
! Codename
! Release date
! Support end date
! Notes
|-
| [[Windows CE 1.0]]
| 1.0
| Pegasus, Alder
| 1996-11-16
| 2001-12-31
| First release of Windows CE; released for H/PC (Handheld PC) devices only
|-
| [[Windows CE 2.0]]
| 2.0
| Jupiter, Birch
| 1997-09-29
| 2005-09-30
| Added support for many device architectures and standard APIs
|-
| [[Windows CE 3.0]]
| 3.0
| Cedar, Galileo
| 2000-06-15
| 2007-10-09
| 
|-
| [[Windows CE 4.x]]
| 4.x
| Talisker (4.0), Jameson (4.1), McKendric (4.2)
| 2002-01-07
| 2013-07-09
| 
|-
| [[Windows CE 5.0]]
| 5.0
| Macallan
| 2004-07-09
| 2014-10-14
| 
|-
| [[Windows CE 6.0]]
| 6.0
| Yamazaki
| 2006-11-01
| 2018-06-10
| Last version to be called "Windows CE"
|-
| [[Windows Embedded Compact 7]]
| 7.0
| Chelan
| 2011-03-01
| 2021-04-13
| 
|-
| [[Windows Embedded Compact 2013]]
| 8.0
| {{N/A}}
| 2013-06-03
| 2023-10-10
| Last version to be released
|}

== 另行参阅 ==
* [[Microsoft Windows 通述]]
* [[Microsoft WinPad]]
* [[Windows Phone]]
* [[Modular Windows]]

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