what is the functionality of kernel in unix architecture?

Answer Posted / suriya

Kernel is a heart of unix operating system,
it act as a interface between the computer hardware
and user. In unix all the commands are accepted by
sting operation. command interpretor(shell interpretor)
want to execute the command in computer hardware. here the
kernel takes the commands by command interpretor(shell
interpretor) and executes in computer hardware(where the
unix is loaded)Finally it produce the result.

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