what is kernel?

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what is kernel?..

Answer / linuxdemon

It is an core of the operating systems, coz it will handle
all the critical tasks like memory management,process
management, device management..etc.

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what is kernel?..

Answer / ketan

Kernel is nothing but it is the interface between shell and
hardware . Whatever the shall takes from the user it
ineterprets first and searcvh for the pattern and send to
kernal, now kernel will interprete it and if hardware
access is require, it will communicate,.

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what is kernel?..

Answer / narender

The unix operating system is resides in the kernel.Kernel
is one of the layer in unix, working as a communication
between the shell and hardware layers.

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what is kernel?..

Answer / madhavi

It is the program whish is the heart of the operating
system.It is the one interacts with the hardware directly.

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what is kernel?..

Answer / barani kannan

Kernel is the only thing which communicates with the
hardware. In other means kernel is high level language to
low level language and vice versa

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what is kernel?..

Answer / durgesh srivastava

A kernal is a heart of a operating sysyetm which can be
directly attach with hardwre and control both platefom s/w
and h/w.and situated b/w shell and hardware.

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