microsoft's 1998 update to windows 95 that adds:

* Hardware support for universal serial bus (USB).

* Internet Connection Sharing (IGC) - multiple PCs share a single connection to the Internet.

* Microsoft webtv for Windows - watch TV on your PC.

* Support for new graphic, sound, and multimedia formats.

* internet explorer release 5.

* Windows 98 service pack - year 2000 updates.

Windows 98 was followed logically by windows me but chronologically by windows 2000 professional edition.

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