Part of the Windows glossary:

WinRT is the Windows Runtime library that provides system services for Metro apps.  

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WinRT should not be confused with Windows RT, the operating system formerly known as Windows on ARM (WOA).

This was last updated in August 2012
Posted by: Margaret Rouse

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