Mach microkernel

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microkernel operating system kernel

Mach microkernel is a pioneering microkernel-based operating system kernel developed at Carnegie Mellon University, known for its message-passing architecture and influence on systems like NeXTSTEP and early versions of macOS.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Mach microkernel canonical 5
GNU Mach microkernel 1
Mach IPC 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf microkernel ⓘ
operating system kernel ⓘ
academicProjectAt CMU ⓘ
surface form: Carnegie Mellon University
basedOn Accent operating system ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
designGoal binary compatibility with UNIX ⓘ
modularity ⓘ
multiprocessor support ⓘ
portability ⓘ
support for distributed systems ⓘ
developer CMU ⓘ
surface form: Carnegie Mellon University
implementsConcept capability-based security via ports ⓘ
client-server operating system model ⓘ
microkernel architecture ⓘ
inception mid-1980s ⓘ
influenced GNU Hurd ⓘ
IBM Workplace OS ⓘ
seL4 microkernel ⓘ
surface form: L4 microkernel family

GNU Hurd ⓘ
surface form: MkLinux

NeXTSTEP ⓘ
OPENSTEP ⓘ
OSF/1 ⓘ
Tru64 UNIX ⓘ
UX/RT ⓘ
XNU ⓘ
surface form: XNU kernel

iOS ⓘ
macOS ⓘ
influencedBy Accent operating system ⓘ
surface form: Accent microkernel

Unix ⓘ
surface form: UNIX
license various open-source and research licenses ⓘ
notableVersion Mach ⓘ
surface form: Mach 2.5

Mach 3.0 ⓘ
operatingSystemKernelType microkernel ⓘ
researchArea distributed systems ⓘ
operating systems ⓘ
parallel computing ⓘ
supportsFeature copy-on-write ⓘ
distributed computing primitives ⓘ
external pagers ⓘ
interprocess communication ⓘ
memory-mapped files ⓘ
message passing ⓘ
ports abstraction ⓘ
tasks and threads ⓘ
user-space device drivers ⓘ
virtual memory management ⓘ
usedIn GNU Hurd microkernel-based system ⓘ
NeXTSTEP ⓘ
surface form: NeXTSTEP operating system

OPENSTEP ⓘ
surface form: OPENSTEP operating system

XNU hybrid kernel ⓘ
early versions of Mac OS X ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

NeXTSTEP → kernelType → Mach microkernel ⓘ
GNU Hurd → basedOn → Mach microkernel ⓘ
Darwin operating system → basedOn → Mach microkernel ⓘ
subject surface form: Darwin (operating system)
Rhapsody → kernelBase → Mach microkernel ⓘ
NeXT Computer line → operatingSystem → Mach microkernel ⓘ
exec server → runsOn → Mach microkernel ⓘ
this entity surface form: GNU Mach microkernel
exec server → uses → Mach microkernel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mach IPC
exec server → dependsOn → Mach microkernel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mach kernel