The kernel image is the file in /boot that has a name like "vmlinuz" in it.
The Linux kernel.
The Linux kernel is the central component of the GNU/Linux operating system. The kernel is the lowest level of interaction between the hardware and the operating system. Individual applications are at a higher level. The kernel along with supporting applications make up the operating system.
Linux is just the kernel. If you combine utilities that were made as a result of the GNU project with the linux kernel, you get GNU Linux, which is considered as a complete operating system
It means that Linux is a kernel for Linux-based operating systems. In the strictest sense, Linux itself is only the kernel, however I tend to view it as a full operating system core due to how most kernel spece works (Which tends to include not just the kernel, but most device drivers.).
Technically speaking linux is a kernel. The kernel is the part of the operating system that acts as a middleman/translator between the hardware and the software.
The kernel in Unix-based operating systems like Linux is called the "Linux kernel." In Windows Vista, the kernel is known as the "Windows NT kernel." Each kernel serves as the core component of the operating system, managing system resources, providing essential services, and facilitating communication between software and hardware components.
No. It is an operating system kernel.
Traditionally in /usr/src/linux.
Linux is the kernel.
Linux is an open source Kernel a key element in any operating system responsible amongst other things for managing memory. A Linux distribution is an operating system based on the Linux kernel, there are many Linux distributions. Please reword the question.
An operating system is usually defined as a collection of software used to create a complete and usable system. By that definition, he did not create any operating system. Torvalds created the most important piece of an operating system, a kernel. The kernel he created is called Linux.
Linux kernel was created in 1991.