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- - - - Issues with Naming consistency
        and too many functions
        
        newer API was needed
        
        COM
        (Component Object
        Model)
        
        Created to allow
        Office documents
        to communicate e.g.
        embedding excel in word docs
        
        OLE
        
        Office apps
        originally communicated
        using OLE
        (Object Linking and Embedding)
        
        OLE is was limited
        needed new mechanism
        
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        COM Client
        
        Two main principles
        
        Communication with
        the Objects (via interface)
        using COM Client
        
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        Component Implementation
        is loaded Dynamically (rather
        than statically)
        
        COM Server
        
        Where the COM
        Classes are implemented
        
        Basically where the
        dynamic link library (DLL) or
        executable (EXE)
    - - Windows Runtime
        aka
        WinRT
        
        built on top of
        COM
        
        extends the COM
        Infrastructure
        
        allows there languages to access WinRT APIs (e.g. C==/CX, WinJS, .NET COM interop layer
        
        .NET can
        use WinRT to help
        create apps
        
        .NET Framework
        
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- - - - Process
        
        Process is used to
        run/execute instance of
        a program
        
        Process sets up
        environment for
        executed program
        
        Process contains
        set of resources
        
        resources are
        set up to be used
        by the program that will run
        
        Resources include;
        
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        within a Process
        is a Thread
        
        Thread contains smallest
        instructions that is managed by
        scheduler
        
        Group of Processes
        
        aka a JOB
        
        job object
        
        think job is to manage
        processes
- - - - so basically
        internal windows
        information
        
        also contains data
        on currently loaded
        data/setup
        
        aka what is currently
        in memory
        
        aka
        Volatile Memory
        device drivers and resources
        being used