What is Windows NT?
{{Infobox OS | name = Windows NT | logo = Windows logo and wordmark - 2021.svg | screenshot = | caption = | developer = [[Microsoft]] | released = {{start date and age|1993|7|27}}<br/>(as [[Windows NT 3.1]]) | latest release version = 24H2 (26100.1586) {{start date and age|2024|06|15}} | ui = [[Graphical user interface|Graphical]] ([[Windows shell]]) | license = Depending on version, edition or customer choice: [[Trialware]], [[commercial software]], [[volume licensing]], [[Original equipment manufacturer|OEM]]-only, [[Software as a service|SaaS]], [[Software plus services|S+S]]{{efn|For more information on how Microsoft licenses its products, see [[Microsoft Software Assurance]], [[DreamSpark]], [[DreamSpark Premium]], [[BizSpark]], {{section link|MSDN|Software subscriptions}}, {{section link|Microsoft TechNet|Subscriptions and downloads}} and [[client access license]].}} | website = {{URL|http://www.microsoft.com/windows/}} | source_model = {{ubl | [[Proprietary software|Closed-source]] | [[Source-available software|Source-available]] (through [[Shared Source Initiative]]) }} | programmed_in = [[C (programming language)|C]], [[C++]], and [[Assembly language]]<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.lextrait.com/Vincent/implementations.html | title = The Programming Languages Beacon | edition = v10.0 | first = Vincent | last = Lextrait | date = January 2010 | accessdate = January 4, 2010}}</ref> | kernel_type = [[Hybrid kernel|Hybrid]] | working_state = Current | supported_platforms = [[IA-32]], [[x86-64]], [[ARM architecture|ARM]] and [[Itanium]] (and historically [[DEC Alpha]], [[MIPS architecture|MIPS]], and [[PowerPC]]) | latest preview version = 25H2 (unknown) {{start date and age|unknown}} | updatemodel = [[Windows Update]], [[Windows Server Update Services]] }} '''Windows NT''' is a series of [[Microsoft]]'s [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] [[operating system]]s written in the [[C (programming language)|C]] and [[C++]] programming languages.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mi