← Back to context Comment by croes 2 years ago Because neither JVM nor Dalvik are OS.Android is a kind of Linux just like Dalvik is a kind of JVM. 3 comments croes Reply Ygg2 2 years ago Ok, but what makes OS an operating system? Versus a virtualization mechanism or an app? croes 2 years ago In the case of JVM threading, file handling, memory management etc. is delegated down to the host real operating system. Ygg2 2 years ago Same happens for Linux, power, memory and bunch of other stuff is delegated to the SoC firmware.
Ygg2 2 years ago Ok, but what makes OS an operating system? Versus a virtualization mechanism or an app? croes 2 years ago In the case of JVM threading, file handling, memory management etc. is delegated down to the host real operating system. Ygg2 2 years ago Same happens for Linux, power, memory and bunch of other stuff is delegated to the SoC firmware.
croes 2 years ago In the case of JVM threading, file handling, memory management etc. is delegated down to the host real operating system. Ygg2 2 years ago Same happens for Linux, power, memory and bunch of other stuff is delegated to the SoC firmware.
Ygg2 2 years ago Same happens for Linux, power, memory and bunch of other stuff is delegated to the SoC firmware.
Ok, but what makes OS an operating system? Versus a virtualization mechanism or an app?
In the case of JVM threading, file handling, memory management etc. is delegated down to the host real operating system.
Same happens for Linux, power, memory and bunch of other stuff is delegated to the SoC firmware.