| Windows Application Binary Interface (WABI) A software package from to allow certain applications under the . Wabi 2.2 runs under on , , and . Wabi works by providing translated versions of the three core Windows libraries, {user.dll}, {kernel.dll}, and {gdi.dll} which redirect Windows calls to Solaris equivalents. For code other than core library calls Wabi either executes the instructions directly on the hardware, if it is Intel, or emulates them, either one instruction at a time or by translating a block of instructions and caching the result (e.g. for a loop). allows the Windows application and X display to be on different computers. {Overview (http://www.sun.com/solaris/products/wabi/)}. (1997-01-08) |