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+ | The kernel is the set of functions that make up the operating system, the essential center; used to provide an application interface between programs and the underlying virtual and physical devices the core that provides basic services for all other parts of the operating system. A real world synonym is nucleus. A kernel can be contrasted with a shell, the outermost part of an operating system that interacts with user commands. Kernel and shell are terms used more frequently in DOS, Windows, UNIX and some other 'NIX operating systems more than in IBM mainframe systems. Typically, a kernel, or any comparable code center of any OS, includes an interrupt handler that handles all requests or completed I/O operations that compete for the OS kernel' | ||
+ | The kernel is not to be confused with the BIOS, the Basic Input/ |
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