The Windows 11 you use today is still identified as "Windows NT" in some ways, and that's because its lineage extends all the way back to the venerable Windows NT. Version 3.5 is widely considered the most pivotal release for the "New Technology" version of Windows, so today we cast a glance back at Windows' forebears, as it was 31 years ago today that Windows NT 3.5 released to the public. Windows NT 3.5 still visually resembled Windows 3.1 to the point that you could hardly see any difference. Networking was such a focus of Windows NT that many people have mistakenly thought "NT" stood for "Network Technology." Later, Windows NT 4 brought the Windows 95 user interface to the 32-bit NT.