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What does it mean to understand the linux system kernel? This problem may be often seen in our daily study or work. I hope you can gain a lot from this question. The following is the reference content that the editor brings to you, let's take a look at it!

Linux is an open source computer operating system kernel. It is a Unix-like operating system written in C language and conforms to the POSIX standard.

Linux was first developed by Finland's Linus Torvalds to try to provide a free Unix-like operating system on Intel's x86 architecture. The program, which began in 1991, was assisted by a number of Minix hackers in the early days, and today countless programmers around the world are helping it for free.

The Linux kernel [kernel] is the lowest level of the entire operating system, which is responsible for driving the entire hardware and providing the core functions needed by various systems, including firewall mechanism, whether it supports file systems such as LVM or Quota, and so on. If the kernel does not know the latest hardware, then the hardware cannot be driven, and you cannot use it.

What the computer really works is hardware, such as CPU for numerical calculation, hard disk for data storage, display adapter for graphic display, sound chip for music sound, network card for connecting Internet, and so on. The kernel controls how these chips work.

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