What is kernel? Explain the task it performs.



What is kernel? Explain the task it performs...

Answer / Sumeet Agarwal

The Linux kernel is a central part of the operating system. Its primary tasks include managing hardware resources, handling processes and memory management, facilitating communication between software and hardware components, providing system calls to user-space programs, and enforcing security policies.

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