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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...
...Both NT and Windows feature multi-tasking of this second sort. But NT does a better job as its task assignment algorithm is better. What all this means to the user is that while in NT you can format a disk and download files from your husc account at the same time, this is impossible with Windows...
...NT goes a step further by also supporting true multi-tasking--when it knows that your computer has more than one CPU. In this case, all the processors are called in to execute programs and the computing power is increased...
...NT has also been designed to be network-savvy, making connecting PCs to networks--be they your local Ethernet or the global Internet--an easy...
...attempt to establish NT as the standard operating system for both PCs and workstations, Microsoft has made it available not only for Intelbased PCs but for computers based on other processors such as DEC's Alpha chip and Silicon Graphics' MIPS processor...