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| author | Thomas Schwinge <thomas@schwinge.name> | 2010-12-07 14:26:40 +0100 |
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| committer | Thomas Schwinge <thomas@schwinge.name> | 2010-12-07 14:26:40 +0100 |
| commit | 238c43499c4e08562024c3ef59e50aa365b5f1b2 (patch) | |
| tree | 7fbef4ecd63fc7526c24660866338f887f2bdeae /kernel.mdwn | |
| parent | a167e7ae26b5159da570771ae39a6d56def1be7c (diff) | |
Some bits about L4 and Coyotos.
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diff --git a/kernel.mdwn b/kernel.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..8190660e --- /dev/null +++ b/kernel.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 Free Software +Foundation, Inc."]] + +[[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable +id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this +document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or +any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant +Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license +is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation +License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] + +The kernel of an operating system is a fundamental program which provides +essential resources from the hardware of the computer to other programs. + +A kernel typically runs all the time and remains resident in main memory. + +The amount of functionality and resources which it provides vary tremendously. + + * [[microkernel]] + + * [[UNIX]] |