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<title>What is the kernel?</title>
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<p align=center><font size=+5>What is the kernel?</font>
<hr>
<a href="contents.html">Contents</a>
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<ul>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel_%28computing%29">According to wikipedia</a>
<li>Here is a crude ascii block diagram of the kernel
<pre>
+------------------------------------------+
| +--------------------------------+ |
| | Applications | |
| +-------------+------------------+ |
| | | |
| | V |
| | +---------------------+ |
| | | various libraries | |
| | +--------+------------+ |
| | | |
| V V |
| +--------------------------------+ |
| | glibc (the C library) | |
| +------------+-------------------+ |
| | |
| | |
| +====V===========================+ |
| | syscall interface | |
| |--------------------------------| |
| | The Kernel | |
| +==============|--------+--------+ |
| | | driver | driver | |
| | =================== |
| | | | |
| V V V |
|------------------------------------------|
| The hardware |
+------------------------------------------+
</pre>
</ul>
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