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The kernel is the "core" of any computer system: it is the "software" which allows users to share computer resources.
The kernel can be thought as the main software of the OS (Operating System), which may also include graphics management.
For example, under Linux (like other Unix-like OSs), the XWindow environment doesn't belong to the Linux Kernel, because it manages only graphical operations (it uses user mode I/O to access video card devices).
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