Quick Answer: What Is the Kernel of Windows 10?
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Kernel type Hybrid (i.e. Windows NT kernel; and since May 2020 Update, additionally includes the Linux kernel)
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Does Windows 10 have a kernel?

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What is the kernel for Windows?

The kernel of an operating system implements the core functionality that everything else in the operating system depends upon. The Microsoft Windows kernel provides basic low-level operations such as scheduling threads or routing hardware interrupts.

James H. Sterling

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