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To: KC Jones who wrote (25089)1/29/2002 3:21:27 PM
From: thecow  Respond to of 110653
 
KC Jones

I'm not trained in this stuff so this is just a guess but I think the kernel is the guts of the operating system. Exactly what comprises it is beyond me. Sorry.

tc



To: KC Jones who wrote (25089)1/29/2002 3:29:46 PM
From: Proud_Infidel  Respond to of 110653
 
kernel-The fundamental part of a program, typically an operating system, that resides in memory at all times and provides the basic services. It is the part of the operating system that is closest to the machine and may activate the hardware directly or interface to another software layer that drives the hardware