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difference b/w operating system and kernel

I was unable to figure out the difference between operating system and kernel.Can anybody help me please.......

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The kernel is part of the operating system and closer to the hardware it provides low level services like:

  • device driver
  • process management
  • memory management
  • system calls

An operating system also includes applications like the user interface (shell,gui,tools and services).

stacker  2010-07-23 06:30:14

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