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Windows on Windows

This article is about the 16-bit subsystem in the 32-bit editions of Windows NT. For the 32-bit compatibility layer in the 64-bit editions, see WoW64.

With computers, Windows on Windows (often shortened to WOW,[1][2][3]) is a compatibility layer of x86 versions of the Microsoft Windows NT family of operating systems that allows many legacy 16-bit programs run that were made for Windows 3.x or before to run.

  1. ↑ "WOW Environment Remains in Memory After Quitting 16-Bit Program". Support. Microsoft. February 22, 2007. Archived from the original on October 23, 2007. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Starting 16-Bit WOW Subsystem on Windows NT Server". Support. Microsoft. November 1, 2016. Archived from the original on May 9, 2007. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Disabling the MSDOS and WOWEXEC Subsystems on Terminal Server". Support. Microsoft. November 1, 2006. Archived from the original on January 13, 2008. Retrieved February 7, 2017.

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