Chicago

Chicago
    n 1: largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that
         extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake
         Michigan [syn: {Chicago}, {Windy City}]
    2: a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and
       king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a
       separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in
       his hand and successively higher cards are played until the
       sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in
       the layout wins all the chips on that card [syn: {Michigan},
       {Chicago}, {Newmarket}, {boodle}, {stops}]
    

Windows 95
Chicago
Win 95

   <operating system> (Win95) {Microsoft}'s successor to their
   {Windows 3.11} {operating system} for {IBM PCs}.  It was known
   as "Chicago" during development.  Its release was originally
   scheduled for late 1994 but eventually happened on 11 Jul
   1995, followed by Service Release 1 on 1995-12-31 and OSR2
   (OEM Service Release 2) on 1996-08-24.

   In contrast to earlier versions, Windows 95 is a complete
   operating system rather than a {graphical user interface}
   running on top of {MS-DOS}.

   It provides {32-bit application} support, {pre-emptive
   multitasking}, threading and built-in networking ({TCP/IP},
   {IPX}, {SLIP}, {PPP}, and {Windows Sockets}).  It includes
   {MS-DOS} 7.0, but takes over completely after booting.  The
   {graphical user interface}, while similar to previous Windows
   versions, is significantly improved.

   Windows 95 has also been described as "32-bit extensions and a
   graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating
   system originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by
   a 2-bit company that can't stand 1-bit of competition".

   The successor to Windows 95 was {Windows 98}.

   (1998-07-19)
    

Chicago, IL (city, FIPS 14000)
  Location: 41.83705 N, 87.68497 W
  Population (1990): 2783726 (1133039 housing units)
  Area: 588.5 sq km (land), 17.7 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 60601, 60602, 60603, 60604, 60605, 60606, 60607, 60608, 60609, 60610, 60611, 60612, 60613, 60614, 60615, 60616, 60617, 60618, 60619, 60620, 60621, 60622, 60623, 60624, 60625, 60626, 60628, 60629, 60630, 60631, 60632, 60636, 60637, 60639, 60640, 60641, 60644, 60647, 60648, 60649, 60651, 60652, 60653, 60654, 60657, 60660, 60661
    

Chicago, IL -- U.S. city in Illinois
   Population (2000):    2896016
   Housing Units (2000): 1152868
   Land area (2000):     227.132538 sq. miles (588.270547 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    6.868979 sq. miles (17.790574 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    234.001517 sq. miles (606.061121 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            14000
   Located within:       Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
   Location:             41.840675 N, 87.679365 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     60601 60602 60603 60604 60605 60606
                         60607 60608 60609 60610 60611 60612
                         60613 60614 60615 60616 60617 60618
                         60619 60620 60621 60622 60623 60624
                         60625 60626 60628 60629 60630 60631
                         60632 60636 60637 60639 60640 60641
                         60644 60647 60648 60649 60651 60652
                         60653 60654 60657 60660 60661
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Chicago, IL
    Chicago