refinement

About this tag
On WindowsForum.com, the tag refinement covers Microsoft's iterative improvement process across Windows development. Discussions include refining OneCore and code refactoring in Windows Insider Preview builds, as well as refining Cortana's experience for different markets and languages. A thread on stepwise refinement explores a programming methodology for constructing programs through increasingly detailed levels of granularity. These posts highlight how refinement applies to both system-level engineering and user-facing features in the Windows ecosystem.

  1. Time to check your Windows Insider Program settings!

    Hello Windows Insiders! It’s that time again! We’re getting ready to start releasing new builds from our Development Branch. And just like before after the release of a new Windows 10 update, you won’t see many big noticeable changes or new features in new builds just yet. That’s because right...
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  2. Windows 10 Insider Preview – Bringing Cortana to more countries for Insiders

    Hi everyone, As we shared in Link Removed, we have been working very hard to make Cortana available in more markets and languages. Today, we will begin rolling out Cortana to Insiders on Windows 10 Insider Preview builds 10532+ as an optional download to Insiders in Japan and in English for...
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  3. Windows 7 The Verification Corner - Stepwise Refinement

    In this episode of Link Removed, Kuat Yessenov and Link Removed, Principal Researcher in the Research in Software Engineering (RiSE) group at Microsoft Research, show how a program can be constructed by stepwise refinement. First, a high-level description of the program is given. Then, some...
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