Windows NT 3.1 was the first release of Windows NT, Microsoft's operating system designed for business and server use. Development was led by Dave Cutler, an engineer hired from Digital Equipment Corporation, and it was a completely new design rather than an extension of DOS, with a 32-bit architecture, protected memory, preemptive multitasking, the NTFS file system and built-in security. The kernel was written to be portable between processor families, and early versions ran on Intel and MIPS processors. It was numbered 3.1 to match the consumer version of Windows at the time. Although it required powerful hardware, its architecture formed the base for later versions, including Windows 2000, XP and the Windows 10 and 11 of today.
Before and after
- from 15 June 1993 to 2 October 1996Operation Sharp Guard
- 23 June 1993Andrew Wiles proves Fermat's Last Theorem
- 26 June 1993Birth of Ariana Grande
- 12 July 1993Founding of International Organization of Turkic Culture
- 27 July 1993Creation of Windows NT 3.1
- 28 July 1993Birth of Harry Kane
- August 1993Creation of R
- 5 August 1993Origins of Magic: The Gathering
- 10 August 1993Mokronoge massacre
More in Science & technology
- 25 April 1953Watson and Crick publish the structure of DNA
- 1973Mobile phone
- 20 November 1985Creation of Microsoft Windows
- 1996Discovery of copernicium
- August 2003Discovery of moscovium
- 2006Discovery of nihonium
The era
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