Monolithic versus Microkernel/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Monolithic versus Microkernel.

There are two types of kernels: monolithic, in which the kernel is one, massive program, and microkernel, which takes the approach of running a very small kernel that interacts with lots of other small programs.

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