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different between win 16 api and win 32 api
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Win16
is the API for the first, 16-bit versions of Microsoft Windows. These were initially referred to as simply the Windows API, but were later renamed to Win16 in an effort to distinguish it from the newer, 32-bit version of the Windows API. The functions of Win16 API mainly reside in the core files of the OS:
kernel.exe
(or
krnl286.exe
or
krnl386.exe
),
user.exe
and
gdi.exe
. Despite the
file extension
of exe, these actually are
dynamically linked libraries
.
Win32
is the 32-bit API for modern versions of Windows. The API consists of functions implemented, as with Win16, in system DLLs. The core DLLs of Win32 are
kernel32.dll
,
user32.dll
, and
gdi32.dll
. Win32 was introduced with Windows NT. The version of Win32 that was shipped with Windows 95 was initially referred to as Win32c, with the "c" standing for "compatibility", but this term was later abandoned by Microsoft in favour of Win32.
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