12.1. NT Overview
The core operating system of NT Server is 32-bit. Although this creates some backward compatibility problems with 16-bit Windows applications, it helps to ensure that the operating system kernel remains stable. NT is both multitasking and multithreaded, which helps prevent any single process from monopolizing all available CPU time.
NT Server uses the same Win32 application programming interface as NT Workstation, Windows 95, and Windows 98. This ensures a familiar programming environment that, in theory, allows a programmer to write a more stable application. For example, a programmer who is familiar with writing Windows desktop applications will find programming for NT Server similar because both use the Win32 interface. ...
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