NTOSKRNL Component List

The following table lists the components within NTOSKRNL along with their respective function prefixes.

Prefix	Component
Adtp	Security Audit
Ah/Ahc	App Helper
Alpc/Alpcp	Advanced LPC
AnFw/AnFwp	Animation Framework for Bootup
Arb/Arbp	Arbiter
Authz	Authorization
Brcypt	Crypto API
Bapd/Bapdp	Boot Application Persistent Data
Bcd	Boot Configuration Datastore (BCD)
Bcp	BugCheck Display
Bg/Bgp/Bgk	Boot Graphics
Bi	BCD Internal
Bvga	Boot Video (VGA)
CMF	MUI Cache Manager Framework
Cc	Cache Manger
Cm/Cmp	Configuration Manager
Dbg/Dbgk/Dbgkp	Debug
DrvDb	PnP Driver Database
Em/Emp	Errata Manager
Etw/Etwp	Event Tracing For Windows
Ex/Exp	Executive
ExpWnf	Windows Notification Framework
Fop	Boot Font
FsFilter	File System Filter Callback
FsRtl	File System Run Time Library
Hdlsp	Headless
Hv/Hvp	Registry Hive
Hvl/Hvlp	Hypervisor
Inbv	Initialization Boot Video
Io/Iop/Iov	I/O Manager
Kd/Kdp	Kernel Debugger
Ke/Ki	Kernel
Kse/Ksep	Kernel Shimming Engine
Ldr/Ldrp	Loader
Lsa	Local Security Authority
Mm/Mi	Memory Manager
Nls	National Language Support
Nt/Zw	Native API
Ob/Obp	Object Manager
Pcw/Pcwp	Performance Counter for Windows
Pdc	Power Dependency Coordinator
Perf	ETW Performance related logging
Pf/Pfp	Logical Pre-fetcher
Po/Pop	Power Manager
PoFx	Power Framework
Pp/Pnp/Pi/Pip	Plug and Play Manager
Ppm	Processor Power Management
Ps/Psp	Process Manager
Rasp	Raster Font Support
Rtl/Rtlp	Run Time Library
Sdb/Sdbp	Shim Database
Se/Sep	Security
Sm	Store Manager
Tm	Transaction Manager
Verifier/Vf/Vi/Ppv	Driver Verifier
Wdi/Wdip	Windows Diagnostic Infrastructure
Wer	Windows Error Reporting
Whea/Wheap	Windows Hardware Error Architecture
Wmi/Wmip	Windows Management and Instrumentation