# Windows for Warships **Entity class:** Concept **Research spine:** [[research/Chronology of Signals, Silos, and Sovereign Software - Research|Chronology of Signals, Silos, and Sovereign Software]] ## Definition Windows for Warships names the Navy's adoption of Microsoft Windows-based commercial computing for shipboard control and information systems. ## Chronological Proximity The 1990s program reached public attention after the September 1997 [[wiki/USS Yorktown Divide-by-Zero Failure|USS Yorktown failure]]. ## Relational Proximity It joined [[wiki/Smart Ship|Smart Ship]] automation to Microsoft's enterprise ecosystem and exposed the operational consequences of software dependency in a physical combat platform. ## Collection Routes [[collections/The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace|The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace]] · [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]] · [[wiki/Signals, Silos, and Sovereign Software|Signals, Silos, and Sovereign Software]] ## Sources / Provenance - [[research/Chronology of Signals, Silos, and Sovereign Software - Research|Chronology of Signals, Silos, and Sovereign Software - Research]].