What does NT stand for?
Lei Tie
Sup?
Does anyone know what does NT in WindowsNT stand for?
Thanx
Have a nice day.
Memphis
marty
George Dau
"Lei Tie" <tie021...@netpci.com> wrote:
]Does anyone know what does NT in WindowsNT stand for?
No Thanks
Next Time
Nice Try
Not There
VLADA
Good day.
That stands for New Technology.
It was originally supposed to be OS/2 NT but Microsoft and IBM did not agree
about the way of developing and marketing the product. Microsoft wanted to
increase the capabilities of the new product (W 3.0) and to compete with
OS/2 which IBM did not accept and
Windows NT was born.
Cheers,
Vladimir Kosovac
Lei Tie wrote in message <6lb7ho$841$1...@refa.netpci.com>...
>Sup?
>Does anyone know what does NT in WindowsNT stand for?
Chris Paynter
OK, this is probably so old that it's got dust on it, but just in case you
hadn't heard it, the primary architect (Dave Cutler, if my memory is
correct; big if) of Windows NT came to Microsoft from Digital, where he had
developed the VMS operating system for VAX minicomputers. If you shorten
Windows NT to WNT, then V+1=W, M+1=N, S+1=T; thus, VMS+1 = WNT.
Chris.
dave porter
...but the term "NT" (as in "NT OS/2", the original
name for the system) was in use before it was Windows NT,
so this little fable does not hold together.
dave
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Chris Paynter <ch...@intrsoft.com> wrote in article
<6lgqdn$t54$1...@inet01.emsinfo.com>...
David Charlap
The original meaning was "New Technology". Of course, the technology in
NT wasn't really new - vendors of mainframe, mini, and workstations had
been providing similar features for years when NT was released. But it
was new for a Microsoft product.
Back in 1990, when IBM and Microsoft were (at least officially) working
together on OS/2 (and it was only a 16-bit OS), there was supposed to be
a full 32-bit version of OS/2, which was known as "OS/2 NT" (OS/2 New
Technology). This is where the term came from.
The OS/2 NT project was scrapped in 1991, when IBM and MS decided to
part company. IBM developed their end of the technology (using the OS/2
1.3 design and API, with a new UI) into OS/2 2.0, which has since
evolved into 2.1, 2.11, 3.0 and 4.0. Microsoft developed their end of
the technology (using technology imported from DEC, along with the
Windows 3.1 API and UI) into Windows NT 3.1, which has since evolved
into 3.5, 3.51, and 4.0.
-- David
ACKistler
In article <6lgqdn$t54$1...@inet01.emsinfo.com>,
"Chris Paynter" <ch...@intrsoft.com> writes:
>... If you shorten
>Windows NT to WNT, then V+1=W, M+1=N, S+1=T; thus, VMS+1 = WNT.
And HAL = IBM-1.
Too bad there's no linear relationship between IBM and VMS.
Or maybe VMS is just an anagram of MVS.
*sigh* Operating systems can be so complicated.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Allen Kistler
acki...@aol.com
Xtrakool
the guy who wrote NT (I forget his name) also wrote VMS for the mainframe, add
one letter to VMS -> WNT -> Windows NT
GHouck
Chris Paynter wrote:
>
> OK, this is probably so old that it's got dust on it, but just in case you
> hadn't heard it, the primary architect (Dave Cutler, if my memory is
> correct; big if) of Windows NT came to Microsoft from Digital, where he had
> Windows NT to WNT, then V+1=W, M+1=N, S+1=T; thus, VMS+1 = WNT.
>
> >Have a nice day.
> >Memphis
> >
> >
My favorite is:
Nice Try.
Yours,
Geoff Houck
systems hk
hk...@teleport.com
http://www.teleport.com/~hksys
Marc
Lei Tie <tie021...@netpci.com> wrote in message
6lb7ho$841$1...@refa.netpci.com...
>Sup?
>Does anyone know what does NT in WindowsNT stand for?
>Thanx
>Have a nice day.
>Memphis
>
>
To answer the question: "NT" stands for "New Technology"
Marc Newman
Software Test Engineer
Windows NT
Pablo Camacho
GHouck wrote:
>
> Chris Paynter wrote:
> >
> > OK, this is probably so old that it's got dust on it, but just in case you
> > hadn't heard it, the primary architect (Dave Cutler, if my memory is
> > correct; big if) of Windows NT came to Microsoft from Digital, where he had
> > developed the VMS operating system for VAX minicomputers. If you shorten
> > Windows NT to WNT, then V+1=W, M+1=N, S+1=T; thus, VMS+1 = WNT.
> >
> > Chris.
> >
> > Lei Tie wrote in message <6lb7ho$841$1...@refa.netpci.com>...
> > >Does anyone know what does NT in WindowsNT stand for?
> > >Thanx
> > >Have a nice day.
> > >Memphis
> > >
> > >
>
>
> Nice Try.
>
> Yours,
>
> Geoff Houck
> systems hk
> hk...@teleport.com
> http://www.teleport.com/~hksys
What about "Not Tested" or "Not Terminated"
They make sense , don't they ?
Steve Shaw
>> Lei Tie wrote in message <6lb7ho$841$1...@refa.netpci.com>...
>> >Sup?
>> >Does anyone know what does NT in WindowsNT stand for?
>> >Thanx
>> >Have a nice day.
>> >Memphis
NT = Needs Tuning.
Steve Shaw
OldUncleMe
On 08 Jun 1998 11:24:55 -0400 "David Charlap <qq...@xxx.yyy.zzz>" posted to
"comp.os.ms-windows.nt.misc" about: "Re: What does NT stand for?" :
-->"Lei Tie" <tie021...@netpci.com> writes:
-->>
-->> Does anyone know what does NT in WindowsNT stand for?
-->
-->The original meaning was "New Technology". Of course, the technology in
-->NT wasn't really new - vendors of mainframe, mini, and workstations had
-->been providing similar features for years when NT was released. But it
-->was new for a Microsoft product.
-->
-->Back in 1990, when IBM and Microsoft were (at least officially) working
-->together on OS/2 (and it was only a 16-bit OS), there was supposed to be
-->a full 32-bit version of OS/2, which was known as "OS/2 NT" (OS/2 New
-->Technology). This is where the term came from.
-->
-->The OS/2 NT project was scrapped in 1991, when IBM and MS decided to
-->part company. IBM developed their end of the technology (using the OS/2
-->1.3 design and API, with a new UI) into OS/2 2.0, which has since
-->evolved into 2.1, 2.11, 3.0 and 4.0. Microsoft developed their end of
-->the technology (using technology imported from DEC, along with the
-->Windows 3.1 API and UI) into Windows NT 3.1, which has since evolved
-->into 3.5, 3.51, and 4.0.
-->
-->-- David
What are the components of OS/2 stilll present in NT4? Why is the directory for
these included in system parameters, or for that matter, created at all?
Also, what is the technology you speak of:
-->"vendors of mainframe, mini, and workstations had
-->been providing similar features for years"
Seriously, separating this out would be very interesting!
TIA, TS
"Come to think of it, there are already a million monkeys on a million
typewriters, and Usenet is NOTHING like Shakespeare." Blair Houghton
["They need to be hit on the head with a clue-by-four" Doug Mackall]
Francisco TD Nguyen
Steve Shaw wrote:
> >> Lei Tie wrote in message <6lb7ho$841$1...@refa.netpci.com>...
> >> >Sup?
> >> >Does anyone know what does NT in WindowsNT stand for?
Roger A Krupski
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Not Tomorrow
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Josh LeBow
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>In article <35CB60...@acsu.buffalo.edu>, kru...@acsu.buffalo.edu
>says...
>> > New Technology = need training
>> > > NT = Needs Tuning.
>>
>>
>> Not Today
>> Not Tomorrow
>> Not Tested
Network Trouble
Novell's Terror
Tom
Philip Morgan
<tomn...@enterprise.net> wrote:
>NT = Nearly There
>
>
According to a networking book I've just read it
says that certain conspiracy buffs think that the
letters WNT came before the name Windows NT, and
that WNT is related to VMS in the same way that
(allegedly) HAL was related to IBM in the film
2001.
I know what I mean, anyway.
Phalla
Roger A Krupski wrote:
>
> > New Technology = need training
> > > NT = Needs Tuning.
>
> Not Today
> Not Tomorrow
> Not Tested
>
Spook
>I thought it was Novell Terminator
I thought it meant New Technology. When NT was first release it was called
LAN Manager NT. Then in 1993, it was changed to NT Advanced Server
Michael Mullen
New Technology?
Not Today,
Not Tonight,
Not Tomorrow,
5.0 Next Try.
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On Fri, 07 Aug 1998 12:41:38 -0700, Francisco TD Nguyen
<ndt...@jps.net> wrote:
>New Technology = need training
>
Gerard
character up:
VMS
+++
1 1 1
WNT
jeff.pi...@mitm.net
The story that I like telling is the one I heard long ago at the NT 3.1
Technical Preview road show. The speaker told the story how NT got it's name
and I'm inclined to believe it.
The NT project started before the Intel 386DX existed. The targeted Intel
processor in the early days was the i860. Many people at that time
anticpated the i860 would be Intel's 32bit CPU for the growing workstation
market. Like the x86 CISC family, the Intel RISC processors have code names
too. The i860's code named is N10. And that's how 'NT' or the N-Ten project
got it's name.
Very soon after NT's initial port to the i860, Intel anounced the 80386
processor and NT was moved to the x86 family. And just as quick, Microsoft
marketing took the project name and coined the phrase 'New Technology'.
To this day you can still see references to the i860 in the SDK and DDK header
files.
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to differentiate it from the other flavors of windows
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Tim Roberts
>>I thought it was Novell Terminator
>
>I thought it meant New Technology. When NT was first release it was called
>LAN Manager NT. Then in 1993, it was changed to NT Advanced Server
It wasn't ever called LAN Manager NT. Early in its development, it was
called "NT OS/2"; there were still references to this in the NT 3.51 DDK,
although they've been removed in 4.0. The name was changed to "Windows NT"
before the original beta process began.
The first release, NT 3.1, occurred in 1993.
- Tim Roberts, ti...@probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
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John Welter
Intel originally was working on the i860 for the workstation market but once
again missed the mark and realized that x86 compatibility was too big a
market to dump - hence the work began on the 80386 and the i860 was pushed
off to become a embedded application workhorse CPU - still used today as the
foundation of many RAID controllers.
Naturally, Microsoft jumped with this but the "NT" stuck and was kept.
It's interesting to also note that Dave Cutler - the wizard behind NT -
would probably not signed onto the project if he knew it was going to run on
the "buggiest processor to ever be built" but once the target shifted he was
too into the project to ever consider leaving.
I also heard that the promise of an Alpha port was to keep him involved as
he is incredibly loyal to DEC - and one of the reasons to this day NT still
supports the Alpha even though MIPS and PPC have been dropped.
Of course this could all be geek-urban-myth as well. Who knows?
John Welter
MCSE+I, Systems Engineer
North West Group
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David
>
> According to Microsoft it doesn't stand for anything.
It doesn't officially stand for anything today. When they started
shipping it (in the early 90s), they would say it stood for "New
Technology".
-- David
SAllen
short story: developer of VMS was hired to do redo LAN Manager .
VMS > WNT (IBM > HAL) Just think, HAL is still with us and the
culprit to the perfect OS. (NT only crashes because of in compatable
hardware! NT 101)
M$ said it was New Technology (new for M$) only a rehash of other OSs
My favorites are:
Not Today
Not Tomorrow
Next Time
Not There
No free Tech support
Sandy