Word: dos
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...area in which NT shines compared to its MS-DOS-based cousin is in multi-tasking, or the ability to run more than one program at a time...
Microsoft, which became the world's largest personal computer software maker by selling MS-DOS, is now trying to repeat the success story through its new operating system software...
Called Windows NT, the program, which controls the working of a computer, bears striking resemblance to Microsoft Windows, the popular graphical interface to MS-DOS...
...first thing that distinguishes the two programs is that NT is a stand-alone operating system, while Windows runs on top of MS-DOS. Because its core sections (known as the kernel to computer professionals) were written from scratch, NT is free of all the quirks and limitations for which MS-DOS has gained much notoriety...
...speed--after all, Digital Electric Corporation's Alpha can now run four times as fast, at 200MHz--but its promise to run a host of different operating systems. With backing from both Apple and IBM, PowerPC computers will be able to run programs written for the Macintosh, MS-DOS, Windows, OS/2, UNIX and other platforms, although such compatibilities must be provided through software...