NetWare Loadable Module
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Client-side NLMs with NIOS
Announcing it in March 1995,cite-ref-network-world-1995-8-0[8]cite-ref-pcmag-1995-9-0[9] Novell introduced a new 32-bit DOS/Windows NetWare client (Client 32 based on ODI32/NIOS)cite-ref-10[10] in 1996, replacing the former 16-bit client based on ODI/VLM. Its NIOS component (NetWare I/O Subsystemcite-ref-network-world-1995-8-1[8]cite-ref-liebing-1996-11-0[11]cite-ref-hendrick-1996-12-0[12]) used techniques similar to DPMS to relocate and run NLMs in protected mode and extended memory in order to reduce the conventional memory footprint of the client down to 2 to 5 KB.cite-ref-paul-1997-nwdostip-13-0[13]cite-ref-liebing-1996-11-1[11]
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