Usually means: Compatibility layer for Linux on Windows.
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▸ noun:  (computing) A POSIX-compatible environment that runs natively on Microsoft Windows.

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Wintel, wine, Interix, Winblows, Windows, Xenix, .NET, *nix, desktop environment, Minix, more...

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