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...

modified microkernel, as the Windows NT kernel was influenced by the Mach microkernel but does not meet all of the criteria of a pure microkernel. Supervisory...

considered one of the earliest examples of a microkernel. However, not all versions of Mach are microkernels. Mach's derivatives are the basis of the operating...

L4 is a family of second-generation microkernels, used to implement a variety of types of operating systems (OS), though mostly for Unix-like, Portable...

verification techniques. The L4.sec system, which is a successor to the L4 microkernel family, is a capability-based system, and has been significantly influenced...

space. The monolithic model differs from other architectures such as the microkernel in that it alone defines a high-level virtual interface over computer...

GNU Hurd is a collection of microkernel servers written as part of GNU, for the GNU Mach microkernel. It has been under development since 1990 by the GNU...

MkLinux (for Microkernel Linux) is an open-source software computer operating system begun by the Open Software Foundation Research Institute and Apple...

kernel whose architecture attempts to combine aspects and benefits of microkernel and monolithic kernel architectures used in operating systems.[unreliable...

debate in 1992 on the Usenet discussion group comp.os.minix, arguing that microkernels are superior to monolithic kernels and therefore Linux was, even in 1992...

logging, bootup, console access, etc.) Creation of a Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to directly talk to the networking hardware and handle all network...

Linux kernel, and the LiteOS kernel. The HarmonyOS Kernel utilizes a microkernel architecture, which aims to improve security and performance by isolating...

multikernel system with its own HarmonyOS microkernel. The rich execution environment (REE) version of HarmonyOS microkernel is placed at its core with a single...

Huawei additionally bundled the HarmonyOS TEE microkernel with the Android system; this microkernel for example handled identity security features such...

Zircon, Google Fuchsia New Microkernel". April 15, 2018. Retrieved May 20, 2018. Written in C++, Zircon is composed of a microkernel plus a set of userspace...

unify all of the world's computers and operating systems with a single microkernel. From 1993 to 1996, Taligent was seen as competing with Microsoft Cairo...

Vanguard is a discontinued experimental microkernel developed at Apple Computer, in the research-oriented Apple Advanced Technology Group (ATG) in the...

smart watches, personal computers and other smart devices. It has a microkernel design with single framework: the operating system selects suitable kernels...

operating systems, in which the students constructed a basic real-time microkernel and user programs. Both were convinced there was a commercial need for...

NuKernel is a microkernel that was developed at Apple Computer during the early 1990s. It was the basis for the Copland operating system. It was written...

In computer science, self-modifying code (SMC or SMoC) is code that alters its own instructions while it is executing – usually to reduce the instruction...

MINIX is a Unix-like operating system based on a microkernel architecture, first released in 1987 and written by American-Dutch computer scientist Andrew...

1999, Apple announced it would release the source code for the Mach 2.5 microkernel, BSD Unix 4.4 OS, and the Apache Web server components of Mac OS X Server...

kernel. The hybrid kernel was designed as a modified microkernel, influenced by the Mach microkernel developed by Richard Rashid at Carnegie Mellon University...

was announced in 2020. In 2019, Xiaomi pre-developed Xiaomi Mina OS, a microkernel security system. In 2021, following its decision to make automobiles...

is a microkernel implementing virtualization infrastructure that must run in kernel-space for technical reasons, such as Intel VMX. Microkernels implementing...

iOS is based on macOS. Like macOS, it includes components of the Mach microkernel and FreeBSD. It is a Unix-like operating system. Although some parts...

collaborative activities. These components abstract microkernel functions and support user applications. The microkernel and the management components collection...

short for "Microkernel Linux", which refers to its adaptation of the monolithic Linux kernel to run as a server hosted atop the Mach microkernel version...

computer scientist, noted for his work on microkernel operating systems, especially in creating the L4 microkernel family. In the mid-1970s Liedtke studied...