Windows NT

Windows NT

Developer	Microsoft
Written in	C, C++, and Assembly language[1]
Working state	Current
Source model	Closed-source Source-available (through Shared Source Initiative)
Initial release	July 27, 1993; 31 years ago (1993-07-27) (as Windows NT 3.1)
Latest release	24H2 (26100.1586) June 15, 2024; 2 months ago (2024-06-15)
Latest preview	25H2 (unknown) unknown; Error: first parameter cannot be parsed as a date or time. (unknown)
Update method	Windows Update, Windows Server Update Services
Platforms	IA-32, x86-64, ARM and Itanium (and historically DEC Alpha, MIPS, and PowerPC)
Kernel type	Hybrid
Default user interface	Graphical (Windows shell)
License	Depending on version, edition or customer choice: Trialware, commercial software, volume licensing, OEM-only, SaaS, S+S[a]
Official website	www.microsoft.com/windows/

Windows NT is a series of Microsoft's Windows operating systems written in the C and C++ programming languages.^[2][3] They were the first to use their new 'NT' (New Technology) core. That means it had a brand new core to do more things than the MS-DOS-based one that they used in older versions of Windows. Also, it was more secure and crashed less. Windows NT 3.1 was released as alpha versions in 1991-1992 and beta versions in 1993.

1. ↑ Lextrait, Vincent (January 2010). "The Programming Languages Beacon" (v10.0 ed.). Retrieved January 4, 2010.
2. ↑ "Windows NT System Overview". Microsoft.com. Retrieved 2010-11-24.
3. ↑ Lextrait, Vincent (January 2010). "The Programming Languages Beacon, v10.0". Retrieved 4 January 2010.