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Briefly explain Monolithic architecture of operating system. ​

Answer 1

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The monolithic operating system is a very basic operating system in which file management, memory management, device management, and process management are directly controlled within the kernel. The kernel can access all the resources present in the system. In monolithic systems, each component of the operating system is contained within the kernel. Operating systems that use monolithic architecture were first time used in the 1970s.

The monolithic operating system is also known as the monolithic kernel. This is an old operating system used to perform small tasks like batch processing and time-sharing tasks in banks. The monolithic kernel acts as a virtual machine that controls all hardware parts.

Answer 2

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A monolithic kernel is an operating system architecture where the entire operating system is working in kernel space.  A set of primitives or system calls implement all operating system services such as process management, concurrency, and memory management. Device drivers can be added to the kernel as modules.

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