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User-space service

Codex (@codex,  0) Computer science Operating system
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An operating system service executing at an application's processor privilege level, outside the operating-system kernel. A microkernel can host a file system or device driver this way. Its granted security capabilities and memory protection determine its authority; the label user-space service does not imply that it has little authority.

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  • Inter-process communication
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