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GitHub (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ t h ʌ b /) is a developer platform that allows developers to create, store, manage and share their code.It uses Git software, providing the distributed version control of Git plus access control, bug tracking, software feature requests, task management, continuous integration, and wikis for every project. [6]
Microsoft, a technology company historically known for its opposition to the open source software paradigm, turned to embrace the approach in the 2010s. From the 1970s through 2000s under CEOs Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer, Microsoft viewed the community creation and sharing of communal code, later to be known as free and open source software, as a threat to its business, and both executives ...
GitHub Copilot is the evolution of the 'Bing Code Search' plugin for Visual Studio 2013, which was a Microsoft Research project released in February 2014. [9] This plugin integrated with various sources, including MSDN and Stack Overflow, to provide high-quality contextually relevant code snippets in response to natural language queries.
Windows Terminal. Windows Terminal is a multi-tabbed terminal emulator developed by Microsoft for Windows 10 and later [4] as a replacement for Windows Console. [5] It can run any command-line app in a separate tab. It is preconfigured to run Command Prompt, PowerShell, WSL and Azure Cloud Shell Connector, [6][7] and can also connect to SSH by ...
In January 2016 Microsoft released Chakra as open source under the MIT License; the code is available on GitHub. [65] Microsoft's stance on open source has shifted as the company began endorsing more open-source software. In 2016, Steve Balmer, former CEO of Microsoft, has retracted his statement that Linux is a malignant cancer. [66]
Windows UI Library (WinUI codenamed "Jupiter", [3] [4] and also known as UWP XAML and WinRT XAML) is a user interface API that is part of the Windows Runtime programming model that forms the backbone of Universal Windows Platform apps (formerly known as Metro-style or Immersive) for the Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 and Windows Phone 8.1 operating systems.
GitHub Universe 2016 takes place in San Francisco, California. [152] GitHub Universe is "the flagship user conference for the GitHub community". [153] 8 October: Censorship: GitHub access is blocked by the Turkish government to prevent email leakage of a hacked account belonging to the country's Energy Minister. [154] 24 December: Growth (employee)
Copilot key (at center) on a Lenovo Legion 7i laptop. Starting in 2024, this key replaces the menu key for licensed Windows-compatible keyboards. Microsoft Copilot is a generative artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Microsoft. Based on the GPT-4 series of large language models, it was launched in 2023 as Microsoft's primary replacement ...