Windows XP is the most recent operating system that Microsoft had produced.
It is considered the first real effort to merge the two lines of production (windows W9X and NT).
At the beginning, the project was named (whisler) but now two parallel lines had been granted for this system.
The first: was called (windows XP) which is supposed to be the substitute for the windows (WAX, W2Kpro) series
The second: was called (Windows. NET) which is supposed to be the substitute for all types of windows server and 2000 server.
Regardless of the names, both lines are based on NT technology, therefore windows XP is considered
a full 32-bit operating system.
It has the following features:
1- Compatibility: It is compatible with the following filing systems: (NTFS5,NTFS4, FAT16, FAT32) it is also compatible with most programs of (MSDOS, WINaX, NT4) systems. It also works in networks mediums of other system such as UNIX, NoFil.
2- Windows XP works with almost all newly processing units of X86 family (Intell, AMD). There is another version that works with other processing families for other companies.
3- Windows XP supports the SMP (Symmetric Multiprocessing) technology. While it providing the Windows.NET Advanced Server and Windows.NET Datacenter Server system.
4- Improved security system better than any other Windows.
5- Windows XP provides built-in networks capabilities in it system, whichmake it compatible with other equipment and programs in better than ever.
6- Windows XP contains powerful new features designed to keep the computer running at all times no matter what.
7- Windows XP comes with Multilanguage support without the need to buy a special copy for that except if there is a need to arabize the windows index.
8- Windows XP has the unique ability to provide support to any new equipment or future expansions, that is because of the vast development of the system nucleuc ( HAL)