windows NT key features

1,windows NT key features

multithreading

In windows NT,each thread has its own scheduling priority(different from linux system)

multitasking

qualtum:maximum length of time the thread will be allowed to run before another thread is scheduled

Demand paged virtual memory

2G for user thread and 2G for kernel thread

multiprocessing

only SMP(symmetric multiprocessing) is supported

processor architecture independence

Mocrokernel model

integrated networking

multi operating system emulation

2,environment subsystem

user application       client-side DLL                   OS environment subsystem             NT operating system

3,windows NT executive

the windows NT operating system is comprised of a number of different modules,this modules are grouped together into three groups

the executive,which includes the operating system subsystems

the microkernel

the hardware abstraction layer