Windows NT supports 32-bit and 16-bit Windows applications as well as DOS applications. It also supports POSIX, allowing software code to compile on multiple systems. Microsoft included the Win32 subsystem to run 32-bit applications and emulation techniques like WOW to run 16-bit applications in a 32-bit environment. Applications have individual memory spaces and can have multiple threads to allow for multitasking.
Windows NT supports 32-bit and 16-bit Windows applications as well as DOS applications. It also supports POSIX, allowing software code to compile on multiple systems. Microsoft included the Win32 subsystem to run 32-bit applications and emulation techniques like WOW to run 16-bit applications in a 32-bit environment. Applications have individual memory spaces and can have multiple threads to allow for multitasking.
Windows NT supports 32-bit and 16-bit Windows applications as well as DOS applications. It also supports POSIX, allowing software code to compile on multiple systems. Microsoft included the Win32 subsystem to run 32-bit applications and emulation techniques like WOW to run 16-bit applications in a 32-bit environment. Applications have individual memory spaces and can have multiple threads to allow for multitasking.
Windows NT has or not has had built in support for the following: 32bit windows applications 16bit windows applications Dos application Portable operating system interface based on UNIX
Thirty-two-bit windows application are Microsoft new
structure for application without the memory constrains that 16-bit windows application have always had. these 32bit application have full access to all of NT resource, and are; the firstest application that can be run on windows NT.
POSIX is a source code compatible operating
environment constrain that allows the single source code to be compiled for multiple system. The posix standard was supposed to the way in which Unix application wow built, reducing the amount of time that must be spent sporting an application from one hardware platform In addition to the two new application standards that Microsoft included Microsoft enable windows 2 Lab practice
Finally Microsoft included support for OS application to
make it easier for developers and customers to migrate that platform without feeling deserted and abandoned
32-bit windows applications
The win32 subsystem, which all 32bit windows application run from is the narrative system for windows NT and controls all input and output to other subsystem thirty-two-bit windows application run directly in the win32 subsystem and access to the complete system. Each application always run within it own protected memory space and is primitively multitasked with other application running on it.
Each 32 bit windows application has the capability to
access to up 2gb of memory (the operating system reserve another 2gb ) every application has one thread of execution and can have multiple threads. A thread smallest common denomitor a process can be divided into a string a command executes in succession, in Dows application there is only one thread thus items are always proceeded in order. 3 Lab practice
In a multithread application however one thread can be
handling user input while another is printing a document in the background. Because of all application are primitively multitasked. Windows nt retains control of the system, even if a single thread lock up.it will not prevent the other threads from running.
16bit windows application
Microsoft developed a technique called thinking to allow 16-bit application run in a 32-bit environment. This is accomplished by converting references from a 16-bit windows on 32 bits
The windows subsystem converts 26-bit API calls to 32bit
API calls handles cooperative multitasking for any 16-bit application run within it, by default, windows crates one WOW session when the first 16bit application is started. This is where all 16-bit windows be run, unless NT is instructed to start them in a separate memory space (most easily accomplished by checking the check box on the run dialogue box, or on the properties sheet of t 4 Lab practice