{"id":11889,"date":"2011-09-23T08:01:29","date_gmt":"2011-09-23T08:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/windows-mango\/"},"modified":"2011-09-23T08:01:29","modified_gmt":"2011-09-23T08:01:29","slug":"windows-mango","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/27007\/windows-mango","title":{"rendered":"Windows Mango"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_windows_mango_mean\">What Does Windows Mango Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Windows Mango is the the codename for the Windows Phone 7.5 OS. 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