In computer science, a microkernel (often abbreviated as μ-kernel) is the near-minimum amount of software that can provide the mechanisms needed to implement...
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Kernel (operating system) (section Microkernels)
modified microkernel, as the Windows NT kernel was influenced by the Mach microkernel but does not meet all of the criteria of a pure microkernel. Supervisory...
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L4 is a family of second-generation microkernels, used to implement a variety of types of operating systems (OS), though mostly for Unix-like, Portable...
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Mach (kernel) (redirect from Mach microkernel)
considered one of the earliest examples of a microkernel. However, not all versions of Mach are microkernels. Mach's derivatives are the basis of the operating...
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GNU Hurd (category Microkernel-based operating systems)
GNU Hurd is a collection of microkernel servers written as part of GNU, for the GNU Mach microkernel. It has been under development since 1990 by the GNU...
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model differs from other operating system architectures (such as the microkernel architecture) in that it alone defines a high-level virtual interface...
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verification techniques. The L4.sec system, which is a successor to the L4 microkernel family, is a capability-based system, and has been significantly influenced...
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debate in 1992 on the Usenet discussion group comp.os.minix, arguing that microkernels are superior to monolithic kernels and therefore Linux was, even in 1992...
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kernel architecture that attempts to combine aspects and benefits of microkernel and monolithic kernel architectures used in operating systems.[unreliable...
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MkLinux (redirect from Microkernel Linux)
MkLinux (for Microkernel Linux) is an open-source software computer operating system begun by the Open Software Foundation Research Institute and Apple...
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Minix (category Microkernel-based operating systems)
MINIX (from mini-Unix) is a Unix-like operating system based on a microkernel architecture. Since version 2.0, it has been POSIX compliant. Early versions...
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collaborative activities. These components abstract microkernel functions and support user applications. The microkernel and the management components collection...
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F5, Inc. (redirect from Traffic Management Microkernel)
logging, bootup, console access, etc.) Creation of a Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to directly talk to the networking hardware and handle all network...
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QNX (category Microkernel-based operating systems)
operating systems, in which the students constructed a basic real-time microkernel and user programs. Both were convinced there was a commercial need for...
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Vanguard is a discontinued experimental microkernel developed at Apple Computer, in the research-oriented Apple Advanced Technology Group (ATG) in the...
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Tweeters MachTen, a Unix-like operating system based on BSD and the Mach microkernel Mach-X, a comic book superhero alter-ego of Marvel Comics character Abner...
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Fuchsia (operating system) (redirect from Zircon (microkernel))
Zircon, Google Fuchsia New Microkernel". April 15, 2018. Retrieved May 20, 2018. Written in C++, Zircon is composed of a microkernel plus a set of userspace...
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Huawei additionally bundled the HarmonyOS TEE microkernel with the Android system; this microkernel for example handled identity security features such...
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Self-modifying code (redirect from Synthesis microkernel)
In computer science, self-modifying code (SMC or SMoC) is code that alters its own instructions while it is executing – usually to reduce the instruction...
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kernel. The hybrid kernel was designed as a modified microkernel, influenced by the Mach microkernel developed by Richard Rashid at Carnegie Mellon University...
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by Andrew S. Tanenbaum Barrelfish Croquet EROS – microkernel, capability-based CapROS – microkernel EROS successor Harmony – realtime, multitasking, multiprocessing...
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Nukernel (category Microkernels)
NuKernel is a microkernel that was developed at Apple Computer during the early 1990s. It was the basis for the Copland operating system. It was written...
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OpenHarmony. The rich execution environment (REE) version of HarmonyOS microkernel is placed at its core with a single framework as kernel mode; also the...
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1999, Apple announced it would release the source code for the Mach 2.5 microkernel, BSD Unix 4.4 OS, and the Apache Web server components of Mac OS X Server...
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Taligent (redirect from Opus (microkernel))
unify all of the world's computers and operating systems with a single microkernel. From 1993 to 1996, Taligent was seen as competing with Microsoft Cairo...
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OpenWrt, Sabotage, Morpheus Linux, Chimera Linux, and Void Linux. The seL4 microkernel ships with musl. For binaries that have been linked against glibc, gcompat...
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Workplace OS (category Microkernel-based operating systems)
research institutes worldwide have licensed the microkernel, laying the foundation for a completely open microkernel standard." At the core of IBM's new unified...
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Green Hills Software (redirect from U-velOSity (microkernel))
November 2008. Micro Velosity (stylized as μ-velOSity) is a real-time microkernel for resource-constrained devices. Green Hills produces compilers for...
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GNU (category Microkernel-based operating systems)
such as the TeX typesetting system, the X Window System, and the Mach microkernel that forms the basis of the GNU Mach core of GNU Hurd (the official kernel...
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Redox (operating system) (category Microkernel-based operating systems)
Redox is a Unix-like microkernel operating system written in the programming language Rust, which has a focus on safety, stability, and performance. Redox...
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