NT as an Operating System Microsoft developed Windows NT as an alternative to Unix. The company sees it as a part of its overall Enterprise Computing plan.It scales up from basic 486 systems to high-end RISC sys tems from companies like Digital, NEC,and PCvendors offering PowerPC systems for NT. The basic operating system consists of a user interface shell (similar in appearance to Windows 3.1 for NT 3.1 to 3.5, and changing to look and feel more like Windows 95 for NT 4.0) de signed to run 32-bit programs. This makes it ideal for the multi media nature of Web browsers, and for the heavy-duty require ments of a Web server. There are a number of elements in the as that are special to NT. These include the control panelsand administrativesupport tools relating to NT's services and support mechanisms. TCP/IP is included for Internetaccess throughtraditional networks.You can also connect from Windows NTWorkstation via MS Remote Access to any Internet Access Providersupporting PPP. Basic requirements for Windows NT Workstation are a 486 system with at least 8 MB of RAM, although 16 MB is recom mended. The client software needed to connect to a corporate server is included, as is the Remote Access software mentioned earlier. 1. Introduction FIGURE 1.1. NT4.0 operating system.

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Richard Raucci

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Book Title: A Windows NT™ Guide to the Web
Book Subtitle: Covering browsers, servers, and related software
Authors: Richard Raucci
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8572-9
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1997
Softcover ISBN: 978-0-387-94792-1
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-8572-9
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 130
Number of Illustrations: 125 b/w illustrations
Topics: Popular Computer Science, Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems, Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet), Computer Communication Networks

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