Windows NT 3.1 is a 32-bit operating system developed by Microsoft. It constitutes the first operating system of the Windows NT family and was released on July 26, 1993. The version number was chosen to match the one of Windows 3.1 on account of the similar visual appearance of the user interface.
The architecture of Windows NT 3.1 was designed from scratch. The central design goals were portability to multiple processor architectures, as well as higher security and stability than the previous DOS-based operating systems. Windows NT 3.1 was released in a workstation variant, called just Windows NT 3.1, and a server variant called Windows NT 3.1 Advanced Server.
The operating system's success on the market was only limited, mostly on account of the high system requirements for its time and the lack of 32-bit applications which used the capabilities of Windows NT 3.1. Nevertheless, the operating system laid the foundation for all future releases of the Windows NT line.
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