Definition: It's a Windows version of Microsoft's operating system, 2.8.4. Windows_v2.8.4 stands for "Windows_2.8.4." It refers to a version of Windows released in August 1997. The term "Windows v2.8.4" is widely recognized and used by the community to denote this particular release, which was followed by later versions known as Windows_2.8.3 (1998), Windows_2000 (1995), and finally Windows_v6.