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Win32s
<operating system> A free extension for Microsoft Windows,
released by Microsoft. Win32s is a software layer on top of
Windows which allows 32-bit applications (e.g. Mosaic) to
run on Windows. Both stand-alone Windows and {Windows for
Workgroups} run as 16 bit, and both can use Win32s to run
32-bit applications.
(1996-07-08)
Windows Open Service Architecture
MICROSOFT'S CORE SET OF APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACES AVAILABLE IN WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEMS
Win32; Win16; Win64; WinAPI; Windows api; Windows Open Service Architecture; 64-bit Windows; 64bit Windows; 64bit windows; 64-bit windows; Win32 API; Win32 Api; Win32 api; WIN32 api; WIN32 Api; WIN32 API; Win 32; WIN32; Windows.pas; Winapi; Microsoft Windows API; WinApi; Windows api function list; Windows API function list; Win32c; WIN16; 16-bit Windows; WinCE (API); Win32s (API); Common Controls Library; Win32 subsystem
<architecture, library, microsoft> (WOSA) One of the mainstays
of Microsoft Windows: the ethos of abstraction of core
services.
For each extension, Windows Open Services Architecture
defines an API and an SPI, as well as a universal
interface (usually placed in a single DLL) that both comply
to.
These then transparently let the operating system speak to
device drivers, database managers, and other low level
entities.
These extensions include, among others, ODBC (called the
"crowning jewel of WOSA"), TAPI, WOSA/XFS, SAPI and
MAPI, and their supporting services, as well as the
abstraction of access to printers, modems, and {networking
services}, which run identically over TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, and
NetBEUI.
(2000-08-16)
Win32
MICROSOFT'S CORE SET OF APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACES AVAILABLE IN WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEMS
Win32; Win16; Win64; WinAPI; Windows api; Windows Open Service Architecture; 64-bit Windows; 64bit Windows; 64bit windows; 64-bit windows; Win32 API; Win32 Api; Win32 api; WIN32 api; WIN32 Api; WIN32 API; Win 32; WIN32; Windows.pas; Winapi; Microsoft Windows API; WinApi; Windows api function list; Windows API function list; Win32c; WIN16; 16-bit Windows; WinCE (API); Win32s (API); Common Controls Library; Win32 subsystem
<programming> An application programming interface that is
common to all Microsoft's 32-bit Windows {operating
systems}. These currently include: Windows 95, {Windows
98}, Windows NT and Windows CE.
[Relationship with Win32s? ]
(1997-12-20)
Wikipedia
Win32s
Win32s is a 32-bit application runtime environment for the Microsoft Windows 3.1 and 3.11 operating systems. It allowed some 32-bit applications to run on the 16-bit operating system using call thunks. A beta version of Win32s was available in October 1992. Version 1.10 was released in July 1993 simultaneously with Windows NT 3.1.
