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   tucknast10 Member

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   I hate to ask a dumb question but, what is a kernel? I'm just lookin for a basic definition.

    

   
   

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   #1 tucknast10, Nov 1, 2010
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   ...it is a bridge between applications and the actual data processing done at the hardware level.
   
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel_(computing)
   
   

    

   #2 Tangent, Nov 1, 2010
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   tucknast10 Member

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   Wow, I did not even consider wikipedia. Thanks.

    

   #3 tucknast10, Nov 1, 2010

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