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Comment by Ygg2

2 years ago

Ok, but what makes OS an operating system? Versus a virtualization mechanism or an app?

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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.

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