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Ok, but what makes OS an operating system? Versus a virtualization mechanism or an app?


In the case of JVM threading, file handling, memory management etc. is delegated down to the host real operating system.


Same happens for Linux, power, memory and bunch of other stuff is delegated to the SoC firmware.




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