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    The kernel is a computer program at the core of a computer's operating system and generally has complete control over everything in the system. The kernel...
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    In computer science, a thread of execution is the smallest sequence of programmed instructions that can be managed independently by a scheduler, which...
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  • Paulo; Kundu, Mahantapas (2018). "The journey of graph kernels through two decades". Computer Science Review. 27: 88–111. doi:10.1016/j.cosrev.2017.11.002...
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  • The Graphical Kernel System (GKS) was the first ISO standard for low-level computer graphics, introduced in 1977. A draft international standard was circulated...
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  • In computer science, a kernelization is a technique for designing efficient algorithms that achieve their efficiency by a preprocessing stage in which...
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  • up kernel in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Kernel may refer to: Kernel (operating system), the central component of most operating systems Kernel (image...
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  • In computer science, resource starvation is a problem encountered in concurrent computing where a process is perpetually denied necessary resources to...
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    Protection ring (redirect from Kernel mode)
    In computer science, hierarchical protection domains, often called protection rings, are mechanisms to protect data and functionality from faults (by improving...
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    Linus Torvalds (category Linux kernel programmers)
    operating system for computers leading to the widely used Linux kernel." He is also the recipient of the 2014 IEEE Computer Society Computer Pioneer Award and...
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    Microkernel (redirect from Micro kernel)
    In computer science, a microkernel (often abbreviated as μ-kernel) is the near-minimum amount of software that can provide the mechanisms needed to implement...
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  • In statistics, kernel regression is a non-parametric technique to estimate the conditional expectation of a random variable. The objective is to find a...
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  • software design technique Loadable kernel module, an object file that contains code to extend the running kernel Environment Modules, a software tool...
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    The Department of Computer Science and Technology, formerly the Computer Laboratory, is the computer science department of the University of Cambridge...
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  • In computer science, an integer is a datum of integral data type, a data type that represents some range of mathematical integers. Integral data types...
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    is a British computer programmer who has been a key figure in the development of Linux. He maintained the 2.2 branch of the Linux kernel and continues...
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    Developers from Tuxedo Computers regularly submit code and patches to the Linux kernel. Under the name MyTuxedo, Tuxedo Computers operates a cloud storage...
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    The Linux kernel is a free and open-source,: 4  UNIX-like kernel that is used in many computer systems worldwide. The kernel was created by Linus Torvalds...
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  • This glossary of computer science is a list of definitions of terms and concepts used in computer science, its sub-disciplines, and related fields, including...
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  • KL0 (redirect from Kernel Language 0)
    Kernel Language 0 (KL0) is a sequential logic programming language based on Prolog, used in the ICOT Fifth generation computer project. Comparison of Prolog...
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    parts of UNIX, development of the GNU Hurd kernel proved to be unproductive. In 1991, Finnish computer science student Linus Torvalds, with cooperation...
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  • NuMachine (category Computer workstations)
    microprocessor-based computer workstation designed to interface with local area networks. It was developed in the late 1970s at MIT's Laboratory for Computer Science (LCS)...
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    Andrew S. Tanenbaum (category Computer science educators)
    referred to by the handle ast, is an American computer scientist and professor emeritus of computer science at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands...
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  • In computer science, a fiber is a particularly lightweight thread of execution. Like threads, fibers share address space. However, fibers use cooperative...
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    of Kernel, a company creating devices that monitor and record brain activity, and OS Fund, a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage science and...
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  • home computers were called "(plain) vanilla"; similarly, it was later also applied to PC parts. For Unix-based kernels, a "vanilla kernel" is a kernel that...
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  • In computer science, marshalling or marshaling (US spelling) is the process of transforming the memory representation of an object into a data format suitable...
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  • compete for resources, possibly freezing the computer, until the herd is calmed down again. The Linux kernel serializes responses for requests to a single...
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  • The Linux kernel mailing list (LKML) is the main electronic mailing list for Linux kernel development, where the majority of the announcements, discussions...
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    In computer science, garbage collection (GC) is a form of automatic memory management. The garbage collector attempts to reclaim memory that was allocated...
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    limited resources of a computer: The kernel program should perform process scheduling, which is also known as a context switch. The kernel creates a process...
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