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目标

• 描述一个计算机的主要硬件组件的功能
• 列出并描述一个操作系统的主要功能
• 简要概述促使莱纳斯托瓦尔兹创建Linux的原因
• 描述Linux核心实用程序如何支持内核并一起创建一个操作系统

The processor

1. Five terms are important when we talk about processors: processor,
   CPU, socket, core, and thread
2. the processor is the physical package
   that can contain one or more computing cores.
3. A core, which is sometimes referred to as a compute core, is the smallest physical
   hardware component of a processor that can actually perform arithmetic and logical
   computations

Typical operating system functions

• Memory management
• Managing multitasking
• Managing multiple users
• Process management
• Interprocess communication
• Device management
• Error handling and logging