WIN32S

Domain	Definition
Computing	Win32s 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). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
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Specialty Definition: Win32s

Microsoft Win32s is an extension for the 16-bit Windows 3.x operating system allowing 32-bit applications compiled for a 32-bit operating system to be executed on 16-bit platforms. Although ostensibly compatible with early versions of Windows NT, many functions were not implemented—for example: threading and asynchronous I/O, the new serial port functions and many GDI extensions. This essentially limits it to applications specifically designed for the platform. In addition, Microsoft made a long series of mysterious and apparently rather pointless changes to Win32s which are widely regarded as a (highly successful) attempt to make it impossible for any third-party to market a compatible platform. (See OS/2.)

See also thunking—the mechanism by which 16-bit code calls 32-bit code and vice-versa in Microsoft Windows operating systems.

See also: Windows API

Usage Frequency: WIN32S

"WIN32S" is generally used as an unclassified items -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "WIN32S" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Frequency of Internet Keywords: WIN32S

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Anagrams: WIN32S

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "2-3-i-n-s-w"
	-2 letters: wins.
	-3 letters: ins, sin, win, wis.
	-4 letters: in, is, si.
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