ommmm        
systems architecture        
         
         

 

 

 

abstraction layers    
     
Windows Workflow Foundation WF  
Windows Communication Foundation WCF  
Windows Presentation Foundation WPF  
Windows CardSpace    
Common Language Infrastructure CLI  
.NET Framework    
I/O    
Assembler    
kernel    
shell    
Application programming interface api  
Object Linking and Embedding ole  
  com  
Integrated development environment ide  
Common Language Runtime clr  
     
Application binary interface    
instruction set architecture    
     
     
Component Object Model COM  
WinFS    
Windows API WinAPI  
Hardware abstraction layer hal  
Portable Operating System Interface POSIX  
Object Manager Ob  
Windows Registry    
DirectX    
ActiveX    
ActiveX Data Objects ADO  
Graphics Device Interface GDI  
Messaging Application Programming Interface    
Dynamic-link library DLL  
Windows PowerShell    
Cygwin    
Desktop Window Manager DWM  
Inter-process communication IPC  
hypervisor    
Common Gateway Interface CGI  
Winsock    
ADO.NET Entity Framework    
Active Server Pages .NET ASP.NET  
ActiveX Data Objects .NET ADO.NET  
Language Integrated Query LINQ  
File Allocation Table FAT  
New Technology File System NTFS  
Local Security Authority Subsystem Service LSASS  
Client/Server Runtime Subsystem CSRSS  
Session Manager Subsystem SMSS  
Kernel Transaction Manager KTM