< operating system > A version of Microsoft Windows with many improvements over Windows 3.0 , including True Type Fonts , Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) and Mouse Trails for use with LCD Devices. It also saw the loss of Real Mode , which meant it would no longer run on Intel 8086 processors (did anyone ever do this anyway?).
Sometimes described as "stand-alone Windows", in contrast to Windows for Workgroups 3.1 . Windows 3.11 is a free bug-fix update. 3.1's successors are Windows 95 and Windows NT .
(1996-07-08)