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Dalewyn on July 10, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Mozilla ending support for Windows 7

That's because the kernel identifies as NT10.0. Internally it's the same as Windows 10.

Similarly, Windows 2000 and XP identify as NT5.0 and 5.1 respectively, and Windows Vista/7/8/8.1 identify as NT6.0, 6.1, 6.2, and 6.3 respectively.

Incidentally, this is also why drivers often are cross-compatible along certain Windows versions.

XCSme on July 10, 2023 [–]

What does NT stand for?

Dalewyn on July 10, 2023 | [–]

There are a number of theories and backstories[1], but most commonly it's understood that it once stood for New Technology.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_NT#Naming

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