Windows 95 and Windows 98 suffered from occasional crashes and freezes due to misbehaving 16-bit applications. What feature, eventually added to Windows OSs, helped to solve this problem?
A) multithreading
B) WOW
C) PnP
D) COM

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

WOW (Windows on Windows) is a compatibility layer that allows 16-bit Windows-based applications to run on 32-bit versions of Windows, helping to mitigate crashes and freezes by isolating the older applications.

Windows 95 and Windows 98 Suffered from Occasional Crashes and Freezes