Friday, August 30, 2013

What is Kernel?


Kernel is heart of any Operating system.Its primary function is to manage the computer's hardware and resources and allow other programs to run and use these resources.here the resource includes any input/output device, Memory, central processing unit, disk etc 

The kernel acts as an intermediary between the computer hardware and various programs/application/shell.


Kernel typically performance following task :-
  • I/O management
  • Process management
  • Device management
  • File management
  • Memory management

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