<s>
NetVista	B-Device
is	O
an	O
umbrella	O
name	O
for	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
products	O
manufactured	O
by	O
IBM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Software	O
Suite	O
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
April	O
1996	O
as	O
a	O
client	B-Operating_System
–	I-Operating_System
server	I-Operating_System
software	O
suite	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
server	O
software	O
running	O
on	O
OS/2	B-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
client	O
software	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
3.1	I-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Meant	O
to	O
provide	O
Internet	O
access	O
to	O
K-12	O
users	O
,	O
it	O
included	O
such	O
things	O
as	O
a	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
,	O
nanny	O
software	O
and	O
other	O
internet	O
utilities	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
TCP/IP	B-Protocol
stack	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
version	O
1.1	O
,	O
the	O
server	O
side	O
was	O
also	O
supported	O
on	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2000	O
,	O
the	O
IBM	O
Network	O
Station	O
product	O
line	O
was	O
renamed	O
to	O
IBM	B-Device
NetVista	I-Device
,	O
as	O
were	O
the	O
associated	O
software	B-Application
tools	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NetVista	B-Device
computers	O
were	O
thin	B-Device
client	I-Device
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
IBM	B-Device
NetVista	I-Device
personal	O
computer	O
was	O
the	O
follow-on	O
to	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
Series	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
replaced	O
by	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
ThinkCentre	I-Device
(	O
now	O
Lenovo	B-Device
ThinkCentre	I-Device
since	O
2005	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
offered	O
in	O
the	O
typical	O
white/beige	O
cases	O
of	O
the	O
1990s	O
the	O
NetVista	B-Device
was	O
sold	O
in	O
black	O
later	O
on	O
.	O
</s>
