In essence, is kernel basically the code that implements a set of system calls?
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$\begingroup$ sure, why not ? $\endgroup$– user253751Aug 26, 2022 at 14:31
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$\begingroup$ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system#Kernel $\endgroup$– D.W. ♦Aug 26, 2022 at 15:38
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It's probably more accurate to think of an operating system is an implementation of a virtual machine.
System calls are part of that; they are operations of the virtual machine callable by programs.
answered Aug 26, 2022 at 13:06