Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 07:20:17 +0500 (MVT)
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On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Florian X wrote:

> What is the difference betweenan extender, a DPMI host, and a DPMI surver?

An extender is a program that can provide special features of the 386+ for
another program. DPMI is a standard for extenders to provide various
functions through INT-31h (protected mode int31h). A DPMI host and DPMI
server are equivalent. The best example, of course, is CWSDPMI.