Kernel

Rarity: Rare

A topic known well beyond its field, found in many languages.

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At a glance

Class

Notion

Domain

Science and technology

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What Wikipedia says

A kernel is a computer program at the core of a computer's operating system that always has complete control over everything in the system. The kernel is also responsible for preventing and mitigating conflicts between different processes.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article “Kernel (operating system)”, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Read the article on Wikipedia

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