The name used by Microsoft for its business class operating system, called Windows NT (for "new technology"). Windows NT includes a rudimentary web server system, and other tools used to create local networks. Windows NT is useful for creating low-cost websites because NT will run on inexpensive hardware and has familiar tools to Windows 95/98 users. However, in practice, it has been found to be about as buggy as Windows itself, and is shunned by many web hosting purists because of its unreliablity relative to the more expensive UNIX hardware/software platform. Neotrope no longer offers WindowsNT hosting services, although we can recommend dedicated hosting providers who do.