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Subsystem is specific terminology in the Windows ecosystem. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5792498/what-exactly-is-subsystem https://stackoverflow.com/que

Subsystem is specific terminology in the Windows ecosystem. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5792498/what-exactly-is-subsystem https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5792498/what-exactly-is-... Is it clear? No. Is it grammatically fine? Yes. It references the Windows kernel as the core piece here, not the subsystem Source: I work on Windows.

TowerTall 5y ago
If we rewrite based on the SO answer it could also have been named "Windows Emulation Layer for <whatever>". > Windows starting from NT (NT 3.1) is able to support semantics of different operating systems (or OS families) that existed at that time (1993). Microsoft called them Subsystems (today they would probably call them emulation layers).
- naikrovek 5y ago
  they aren't really emulators, though. and even if they are, calling them emulators hides too much of what they really are. it's an NT kernel subsystem which runs Android applications. the NT kernel was always designed to support multiple simultaneous subsystems, so they are named "Windows Subsystem for [whatever]" because they are individual windows kernel subsystems for [whatever]. anyway, just accept the naming. the naming is set and won't change. your time is better spent on more meaningful stuff anyway.