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- The Linux <b>kernel</b> is the core component of the operating system
- that performs all of the low-level work such as multitasking, memory
- management, networking and filesystem handling. The kernel -- together
- with all the programming libraries, tools and applications -- forms the
- full OpenLinux operating system.
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- The technical term, <b>Linux</b>, usually only refers to the kernel,
- though it is common these days to say "Linux" when you mean the entire OS.
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