Types of Operating System kernels

Abstract

A kernel is a central component of an operating system. It acts as an interface between the user applications (software) and the hardware. The sole aim of the kernel is to manage the communication between the software (user level applications) and the hardware components (CPU, disk memory, RAM, etc). Even if all the kernels have the same purpose, however they all have different architecture, each of them has its own features, advantages and disadvantages. So this article provides information about kernel functions and kernel architectures with their features, advantages and disadvantages.