What are the layers of unix operating system?



What are the layers of unix operating system?..

Answer / Shoaib Alam

The Unix operating system has five main layers. From bottom to top, these are the kernel (responsible for managing hardware resources), system calls (the interface between the application and the kernel), libraries (provide standard functions for common tasks), shell (command interpreter), and applications (programs that users run).

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