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microkernels

microkernels is the plural of microkernel.

Meaning of microkernel

Noun

microkernel (plural microkernels)

  1. (operating systems) A minimal operating system kernel offering basic mechanisms rather than abstract services.
    • In the 1980s, microkernel systems emerged. Microkernel systems were similar to security kernels in that they aimed for minimal functionality in the kernel, but microkernel systems focused on providing system abstractions for building complete systems more easily and more efficiently, rather than...2008, Trent Jaeger, Operating System Security, Morgan & Claypool Publishers, →ISBN, page 95

Questions about microkernels

What is microkernels the plural of?
Microkernels is the plural of microkernel.

Words near microkernels in the dictionary

  1. microkelvin
  2. microkelvins
  3. microkeratome
  4. microkeratomes
  5. microkernel
  6. microkernels
  7. microkinesis
  8. microkinetic
  9. microkinetics
  10. microkini
  11. microkinis

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