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| comp., MS | Windows Preinstallation Environment | среда предустановки Windows (A minimal Win32 operating system with limited services, built on the Windows XP Professional kernel. Windows PE is used only in the preinstallation and deployment of Windows; A very reduced version of Windows with limited capabilities for display and services that exists variously on install media, an in-box recovery environment, and potentially on a "recovery CD") |