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Difference Between Win16 and Win 32 APIs

Win16 and Win32 APIs differ in their component architecture. Win16 uses USER.EXE, GDI.EXE and KRNL386.EXE to handle window management, graphics drawing, and core OS functions respectively. Win32 replaced these executables with dynamically loaded libraries - USER32.DLL handles windows, GDI32.EXE manages graphics, and KERNEL32.DLL controls memory, tasks and resources.

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Difference Between Win16 and Win 32 APIs

Win16 and Win32 APIs differ in their component architecture. Win16 uses USER.EXE, GDI.EXE and KRNL386.EXE to handle window management, graphics drawing, and core OS functions respectively. Win32 replaced these executables with dynamically loaded libraries - USER32.DLL handles windows, GDI32.EXE manages graphics, and KERNEL32.DLL controls memory, tasks and resources.

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Difference between Win16 and Win 32 APIs?

Win16 API Win 32 API Description


USER.EXE USER32.DLL The user component is
responsible for window
management, including
messages, menus, cursors
communications, timmer etc.
GDI.EXE GDI32.EXE The GDI component is the
Graphics Device Interface; it
takes care of the user interface
and graphics drawing, including
Windows metafiles, bitmaps,
device contests and fonts.
KRNL386.EXE KERNEL32.DLL The KERNEL component handles
the low-level functions of
memory, task and resource
management that are the heart
of Windows

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