I know this isn't really a newbie question but I don't know where else this would go other than misc, but oh well I put it here :P

I was just wondering if someone could explain the difference between monolithic kernels and the other kind (I think it's micro or something like that). I know that *nix is monolithic and that NT based systems are micro or whatever and I was wondering if someone knew of a writeup or could simply compare and contrast them in a little bit of depth so I could get a basic idea of what they are.

Thanks.