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In [[computing]], '''Windows on Windows''' (commonly referred to as '''WOW''')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://support.microsoft.com/kb/181333|title=WOW Environment Remains in Memory After Quitting 16-Bit Program|website=Support|publisher=[[Microsoft]]|access-date=February 7, 2017|date=February 22, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071023060218/http://support.microsoft.com/kb/181333|archive-date=October 23, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://support.microsoft.com/kb/153544|title=Starting 16-Bit WOW Subsystem on Windows NT Server|date=November 1, 2016|access-date=February 7, 2017|website=Support|publisher=[[Microsoft]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070509051612/http://support.microsoft.com/kb/153544|archive-date=May 9, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://support.microsoft.com/kb/220159|title=Disabling the MSDOS and WOWEXEC Subsystems on Terminal Server|date=November 1, 2006|website=Support|publisher=[[Microsoft]]|access-date=February 7, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080113000651/http://support.microsoft.com/kb/220159|archive-date=January 13, 2008}}</ref> is a discontinued [[compatibility layer]] of [[32-bit computing|32-bit]] versions of the [[Windows NT]] family of [[operating system]]s. Since 1993, with the release of [[Windows NT 3.1]], WoW extends [[Virtual DOS machine#Windows NTVDM|NTVDM]] to provide limited support for running [[legacy
This subsystem will be retired with the [[Product lifecycle#Phase 4: Service|end of support]] of [[Windows 10]] in October 14, 2025. The last version of Windows to include this subsystem is
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