Solved What these acronyms stand for in the ISO file's names: RTM

Greetings forums' readers & helpers,　٩̢ ̗(Ӧ̮Ӧ)̢ ̗۶

I saw in many places these types of Windows 8.1 ISO files that are differentiated by capital letters.
I know that the acronym RTM = “Release To Manufacturing”. But what about these:
I want to know which one should I use for a clean-install of my laptop that I spend my retirement with at home. ̒¿̒ ̡͡ ʅ

Thanks for your valuable imputs,

An ISO file you have to burn to disk or flash drive and then boot with that. You cannot start an installation with an ISO file from a running system - except in a virtual partition.

For Windows 8.1 GA (the up to date version)

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AIO is all in one . Lots of windows editions in one install.wim or install.esd file. Often includes both bit versions.

wim is ms imaging format, contains pe and/or windows installation files. Useful and flexible, can be serviced.

esd highly compressed version of wim . Can install from it , useless for anything else, cannot be serviced.

vl is volume license

nvl is volume license N version.

Thanks for your comments, especially SIW2 who answered my question.

Did you read what SIW2 posted ? How much more info do you need and for what purpose. More details are on Google.

Thanks whs, I have the info I was looking for.

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