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