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- noun computing A
minimal operating system kernel offering basicmechanisms rather thanabstract services .
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Not I’m no kernel hacker, but I’m fiarly sure the whole idea of a microkernel is that it creates adressing and thread transparnecy, and all the ususal services become user mode processes.
Singularity OS: Well, I got just excited about nothing. « Imaginary Potential 2008
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A microkernel is the smallest chunk of software necessary to handle most of the tasks of an operating system.
Blackberry Battles Back Elizabeth Woyke 2011
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The microkernel is the heart of the operating system and comprises of a 'robust, fully multi-tasking architecture', which 'manages all system resources and frameworks necessary for the co-existence of the processes and applications that make up the complete system'.
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Two features distinguish QNX's operating system, Neutrino, from traditional operating systems: its "microkernel" architecture and multicore processing.
Blackberry Battles Back Elizabeth Woyke 2011
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The POSIX-compliant BlackBerry Tablet OS is built on the QNX Neutrino microkernel architecture, which has been leveraged previously in systems such as planes, trains, cars and medical equipment.
With PlayBook, RIM jumps into tablet game Paul Krill 2010
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PlayBook will use the Posix-compliant BlackBerry Tablet OS, built on the QNX Neutrino microkernel architecture that RIM acquired earlier this year.
Lack of BlackBerry migration no bar for RIM PlayBook developers Paul Krill 2010
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QNX says Neutrino's microkernel is about 1% the size of those in conventional operating systems, such as Microsoft's Windows 7.
Blackberry Battles Back Elizabeth Woyke 2011
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Basically, the bright idea is to use managed code (C#), use a microkernel structure, and run almost all code in safemode.
Singularity OS: Well, I got just excited about nothing. « Imaginary Potential 2008
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Stephen, that sounds like the complaints about Linux being a monolitic kernel, instead of microkernel.
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FAIL _ i did a quick test on the query "google products" and it turned up 7 total...did another for microkernel operating systems and it failed again, then tried unix OS and it threw in some assorted crap...
Google Squared Goes Live, Formats Searches Into Spreadsheet | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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