Windows 95/98 Architecture

The operating environment for Windows 95/98 consists of a computer's hardware devices and the following software components:

• Virtual machine manager (VMM).
• Virtual devices (VxDs).
• Device drivers.
• 16- and 32-bit Windows dynamic-link libraries (DLLs).
• MS-DOS – based applications.
• 16- and 32-bit Windows-based applications.