如果您曾经使用过Windows设备，那么您可能经常遇到更新——就在关闭计算机之前。有时您的设备会要求您安装关键更新。然后还有六个年度功能更新也是必不可少的！这些Windows 更新(Windows Updates)是什么？不同类型的Windows 更新(Windows Updates)有什么区别？让我们来看看它们。在此之前，我们先来看看Windows Updates和Microsoft Updates之间的区别。
Windows 更新(Windows Updates)与Microsoft更新
术语Windows更新是指可用于Windows操作系统的更新和服务包。微软(Microsoft)作为软件巨头，也在不断更新其他产品，如微软Office(Microsoft Office)、微软OneDrive(Microsoft OneDrive)等产品。任何适用于整个操作系统、MS Office、OneDrive以及游戏等其他东西的更新都称为Microsoft 更新(Microsoft Updates)。仅适用于操作系统的更新是Windows 更新(Windows Updates)。您可以说Windows Update是Microsoft Updates的一个子集。
影响所有软件（如Office软件）或影响其中的特定软件（如Outlook）的更新称为Microsoft 更新(Microsoft Update)。Windows Update和Microsoft Update的交付模式取决于Windows Update的类型。例如，如果在每个月的第二个星期二(Tuesday)应用每月更新。
阅读(Read)：Microsoft 用于描述其发布的各种软件更新的术语。
我们现在将讨论Windows 更新(Windows Updates)的类型。
Windows 更新的类型
在Windows(Windows)设备上工作时，您可能会遇到以下类型的Windows 更新。(Windows Updates)
- 关键更新：(Critical Update:)它是针对与操作系统提供的安全性无关的任何特定问题的全球发布更新；发布此类更新是为了解决关键但非安全问题
- 定义更新：(Definition Update:)定义更新是增加或修改Windows操作系统定义数据库的Windows更新；(Windows)定义数据库是内置于操作系统中的数据库，用于帮助识别恶意代码、网络钓鱼站点和垃圾邮件
- 更新(Update)：更新解决了一个非关键的、非安全相关的错误。
- 驱动程序更新：(Driver Updates:)影响一个或多个设备驱动程序工作的更新
- 安全更新：(Security Updates: )解决操作系统中与安全相关的问题的更新称为安全更新；这些Windows更新通常是在某些安全组织发现任何操作系统存在故障并通知Microsoft之后发布的；Microsoft会尽快或在固定期限内创建补丁（更新）来修复这些问题；然后在全球范围内发布更新；通常还会通过电子邮件通知用户下载这些安全更新
- 功能包更新：(Feature Pack Updates: )是(Are)对操作系统的特定功能进行更改的更新；此类更新在选定的一组用户可用时发布；如果该组用户对操作系统功能的更改提供了良好的反馈，Microsoft会将这些更改包含在(Microsoft)Windows 操作系统(Windows Operating Software)的下一个大版本中；目前，如果您使用的是(Currently)Windows 10，您每年都会获得两次功能更新。
- 每月汇总：(Monthly Rollup:)在不同类型的Windows更新中，您通常还会在每个第二个星期二(Tuesday)作为更新获得每月汇总；此更新包括上个月推出的所有更新以及恶意软件的其他定义
- Service Pack：它是所有修补程序、安全更新、关键更新、修复和更新的累积集。它是在两个连续版本的Windows(Windows)操作系统之间发布的一组Windows 更新。(Windows Updates)Service Pack(Service Packs)的时代已经结束。
- 工具更新(Tool updates)：这些是对内置实用程序和工具的更新。
- 更新汇总(Update rollup)：一组累积的修补程序、安全更新、关键更新和更新，它们打包在一起以便于部署
- 完整更新(Full updates)：它们具有自上次功能更新以来已更改的所有必要组件和文件。
- 快速更新(Express updates)：它们根据几个历史基础为完整更新中的每个组件生成差异下载。
- 增量更新(Delta updates)：它们仅包括在最近的质量更新中更改的组件，并且仅在设备已经安装了上个月的更新时才会安装。
- 安全质量更新(Security Quality Update)：它包含所有以前的更新。
- 安全每月质量汇总(Security Monthly Quality Rollup)：它仅包含当月的更新。
- 每月质量汇总(Preview of Monthly Quality Rollup)预览：这些预览版本仅包含非安全更新，旨在提供针对下个月更新星期二(Update Tuesday)版本的计划非安全更新的测试。
- 服务堆栈更新(Service Stack Updates)：它们与常规累积更新分开，因为这些累积(Cumulative)更新向操作系统添加了新的和更优化的文件。
这些是一些不同类型的Windows 更新(Windows Updates)。
您可能还想阅读有关 Windows 更新过期策略的信息。
另请阅读(Also read)：Windows 更新和升级有什么区别。
Different types of Windows Updates released for Windows OS
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Windows Updates vs. Microsoft Updates
The term Windows Updates refers to the updates and service packs available for Windows operating systems. Microsoft, as a software giant, also keeps updating its other products such as Microsoft Office, Microsoft OneDrive, and such products. Any updates applicable to the entire operating system, MS Office, OneDrive, and other things such as games, etc. are called Microsoft Updates. Updates applicable to only to the operating system are Windows Updates. You can say that Windows Update is a subset of Microsoft Updates.
Updates that affect all software like Office software in entirety or to a particular software (such as Outlook) within it is called Microsoft Update. The delivery pattern of both Windows Update and Microsoft Update depends on the types of Windows Update. For example, if the monthly updates are applied on every second Tuesday of each month.
Read: Terms used by Microsoft to describe the various software updates released by it.
We’ll talk about types of Windows Updates now.
Types of Windows Updates
You might have encountered the following types of Windows Updates when working on Windows devices.
- Critical Update: It is a worldwide release update for any specific issue that is not related to the security that the operating system offers; such updates are released to address a critical but non-security issues
- Definition Update: Definition update is a Windows update that adds or modifies the definition database of Windows operating system; A definition database is a database that is built into the operating system to help it identify malicious code, phishing sites, and junk mail
- Update: An update addresses a noncritical, non-security-related bug.
- Driver Updates: are the ones that affect the working of one or more device drivers
- Security Updates: Updates that address security-related issues in an operating system are called security updates; These Windows Updates are generally issued after some security organization finds a fault in any operating system and notifies Microsoft; Microsoft creates a patch (update), asap or within a fixed period, to fix those issues; The update is then released worldwide; often users are also notified via email to download these security updates
- Feature Pack Updates: Are updates that make changes to specific features of the operating system; such updates are released as and when available to a selected set of users; if that set of users provide good feedback about the changes in operating system features, Microsoft includes the changes into the next big release of Windows Operating Software; Currently, you get two feature updates every year if you are using Windows 10
- Monthly Rollup: Among the different types of Windows updates, you also get monthly rollup as an update on every second Tuesday normally; this update includes all the updates rolled out previous month plus additional definitions of malware
- Service Pack: It is a cumulative set of all hotfixes, security updates, critical updates, fixes, and updates. It is a set of Windows Updates that were released between two successive versions of Windows operating system. The age of Service Packs is over now.
- Tool updates: These are updates to the built-in utilities and tools.
- Update rollup: A cumulative set of hotfixes, security updates, critical updates, and updates that are packaged together for easy deployment
- Full updates: They have all the necessary components and files that have changed since the last feature update.
- Express updates: They generate differential downloads for every component in the full update based on several historical bases.
- Delta updates: They include only the components that changed in the most recent quality update, and will only install if a device already has the previous month’s update installed.
- Security Quality Update: It contains all the previous updates.
- Security Monthly Quality Rollup: It contains only the current month’s updates.
- Preview of Monthly Quality Rollup: These preview releases contain only non-security updates, and are meant to provide testing of the planned non-security updates targeted for the next month’s Update Tuesday release.
- Service Stack Updates: They are kept separate from the regular cumulative updates because these Cumulative Updates add new and more optimized files to the operating system.
These are some of the different types of Windows Updates.
You might want to also read about the Windows Update Expiration Policy.
Also read: What is the difference between Windows Update and Upgrade.
