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The phrase Black Tuesday has also been used to refer to September 11, 2001, the date of the terrorist attack that destroyed the World Trade Center. More recently, detractors of President George W. Bush have adopted the term in reference to November 2, 2004, the date of his election to a second term.
Black Tuesday has also come into use as a reference to the day Microsoft releases bundles of patches for its WindowsImage use policy. Microsoft Windows is a range of commercial operating environments for personal computers. The range was first introduced by Microsoft in 1985 and eventually has come to dominate the world personal computer market. All recent versions of operating systems: the second Tuesday of each month. These patches represent new software vulnerabilities, and the bulk release of patches is often followed closely by new viruses which exploit the holes the patches fix.