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    Peter Mayhew
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    Over the years i keep hearing the word "kernel", but never really knew what it is. :confused: Could someone please tell me?. Also what is a ".dll" file :confused: One very confused CP user :-O "Lifes a lemon and I want my money back"

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      Over the years i keep hearing the word "kernel", but never really knew what it is. :confused: Could someone please tell me?. Also what is a ".dll" file :confused: One very confused CP user :-O "Lifes a lemon and I want my money back"

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      David Wulff
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      A kernel is a seed from a cereal grass, e.g. corn. In computing terms it is the part of the OS responsible for resource allocation, low-level hardware interfaces, security, etc. A dynamically link library (in Windows typically a *.dll file, in some other OSs' jargon they are called "shared object files") is a library which is linked to application programs when they are loaded or run, rather than as the final phase of compilation as with a static library. This means that the same block of library code can be shared between several tasks rather than each task containing copies of the routines it uses. Kapishé? (Thanks to dictionary.com for the definitions)


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        A kernel is a seed from a cereal grass, e.g. corn. In computing terms it is the part of the OS responsible for resource allocation, low-level hardware interfaces, security, etc. A dynamically link library (in Windows typically a *.dll file, in some other OSs' jargon they are called "shared object files") is a library which is linked to application programs when they are loaded or run, rather than as the final phase of compilation as with a static library. This means that the same block of library code can be shared between several tasks rather than each task containing copies of the routines it uses. Kapishé? (Thanks to dictionary.com for the definitions)


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        Whales are drinking all our water and eating our sailors...

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        ColinDavies
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        I thought it was a joke question ? :confused: Regardz Colin J Davies

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        You are the intrepid one, always willing to leap into the fray! A serious character flaw, I might add, but entertaining. Said by Roger Wright about me.

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          I thought it was a joke question ? :confused: Regardz Colin J Davies

          Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin

          You are the intrepid one, always willing to leap into the fray! A serious character flaw, I might add, but entertaining. Said by Roger Wright about me.

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          Brian Delahunty
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          Colin^Davies wrote: I thought it was a joke question ? Why??? Regards, Brian Dela :-)

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            I thought it was a joke question ? :confused: Regardz Colin J Davies

            Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin

            You are the intrepid one, always willing to leap into the fray! A serious character flaw, I might add, but entertaining. Said by Roger Wright about me.

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            David Wulff
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            Well knowing Peter, I am not so sure... :rolleyes:


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            Whales are drinking all our water and eating our sailors...

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              Well knowing Peter, I am not so sure... :rolleyes:


              David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk

              Whales are drinking all our water and eating our sailors...

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              ColinDavies
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              David Wulff wrote: Well knowing Peter, I am not so sure... Oh Ok, :omg::omg::omg::omg::omg: Regardz Colin J Davies

              Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin

              You are the intrepid one, always willing to leap into the fray! A serious character flaw, I might add, but entertaining. Said by Roger Wright about me.

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                A kernel is a seed from a cereal grass, e.g. corn. In computing terms it is the part of the OS responsible for resource allocation, low-level hardware interfaces, security, etc. A dynamically link library (in Windows typically a *.dll file, in some other OSs' jargon they are called "shared object files") is a library which is linked to application programs when they are loaded or run, rather than as the final phase of compilation as with a static library. This means that the same block of library code can be shared between several tasks rather than each task containing copies of the routines it uses. Kapishé? (Thanks to dictionary.com for the definitions)


                David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk

                Whales are drinking all our water and eating our sailors...

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                Brian Delahunty
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                David Wulff wrote: (Thanks to dictionary.com for the definitions) Yes... Dictionary.com is very useful... came in handy when I was doing a report the other day. Regards, Brian Dela :-)

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                  Colin^Davies wrote: I thought it was a joke question ? Why??? Regards, Brian Dela :-)

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                  ColinDavies
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                  Brian Delahunty wrote: Why??? :omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg: Maybe, I should keep quiet now, I feel like I have stepped waist deep in excrement. ( at least it's warm ) Regardz Colin J Davies

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                  You are the intrepid one, always willing to leap into the fray! A serious character flaw, I might add, but entertaining. Said by Roger Wright about me.

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                    Brian Delahunty wrote: Why??? :omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg: Maybe, I should keep quiet now, I feel like I have stepped waist deep in excrement. ( at least it's warm ) Regardz Colin J Davies

                    Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin

                    You are the intrepid one, always willing to leap into the fray! A serious character flaw, I might add, but entertaining. Said by Roger Wright about me.

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                    Brian Delahunty
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                    Colin^Davies wrote: Maybe I should keep quiet now, I feel like I have stepped waist deep in excrement. ( at least it's warm ) Why did you think it was a joke.. Not everybody will automatically know what the kernel and DLL's are... Not everybody is born with that information!!! Granted.. I have known for a stupidly long amount of time but I don't see anythign wrong with somebody asking what they are. Doesn't hurt me in any way. :-D Regards, Brian Dela :-)

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                      David Wulff wrote: Well knowing Peter, I am not so sure... Oh Ok, :omg::omg::omg::omg::omg: Regardz Colin J Davies

                      Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin

                      You are the intrepid one, always willing to leap into the fray! A serious character flaw, I might add, but entertaining. Said by Roger Wright about me.

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                      Brian Delahunty
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                      Colin^Davies wrote: Oh Ok, LOL :-) The :omg:'s are getting good use today!!! Regards, Brian Dela :-)

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                        Colin^Davies wrote: Maybe I should keep quiet now, I feel like I have stepped waist deep in excrement. ( at least it's warm ) Why did you think it was a joke.. Not everybody will automatically know what the kernel and DLL's are... Not everybody is born with that information!!! Granted.. I have known for a stupidly long amount of time but I don't see anythign wrong with somebody asking what they are. Doesn't hurt me in any way. :-D Regards, Brian Dela :-)

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                        ColinDavies
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                        Brian Delahunty wrote: Not everybody is born with that information!!! I don't think anyone is born with that knowledge, and we all have to learn somewhere. Agreed. I just didn't expect to see those as questions here at CP. Granted I can't really give better expanations than dictionary.com's text book answers. Regardz Colin J Davies

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                        You are the intrepid one, always willing to leap into the fray! A serious character flaw, I might add, but entertaining. Said by Roger Wright about me.

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                          Well knowing Peter, I am not so sure... :rolleyes:


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                          Whales are drinking all our water and eating our sailors...

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                          Peter Mayhew
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                          :| and to think i was about come to your party tonight and bless you with my company. Time for plan "Get Dave" ;) "Lifes a lemon and I want my money back"

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                            :| and to think i was about come to your party tonight and bless you with my company. Time for plan "Get Dave" ;) "Lifes a lemon and I want my money back"

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                            ColinDavies
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                            Hasn't anyone told you ? David's party was cancelled :-( Regardz Colin J Davies

                            Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin

                            You are the intrepid one, always willing to leap into the fray! A serious character flaw, I might add, but entertaining. Said by Roger Wright about me.

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                              Hasn't anyone told you ? David's party was cancelled :-( Regardz Colin J Davies

                              Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin

                              You are the intrepid one, always willing to leap into the fray! A serious character flaw, I might add, but entertaining. Said by Roger Wright about me.

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                              David Wulff
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                              Damn, why I am always the last one to find these things out?! ;)


                              David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk

                              Whales are drinking all our water and eating our sailors...

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                                :| and to think i was about come to your party tonight and bless you with my company. Time for plan "Get Dave" ;) "Lifes a lemon and I want my money back"

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                                David Wulff
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                                Peter Mayhew wrote: Time for plan "Get Dave" Any black vans driven by guys in combat gear will be turned away at the door. Sorry. ;P


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                                Whales are drinking all our water and eating our sailors...

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                                  Brian Delahunty wrote: Not everybody is born with that information!!! I don't think anyone is born with that knowledge, and we all have to learn somewhere. Agreed. I just didn't expect to see those as questions here at CP. Granted I can't really give better expanations than dictionary.com's text book answers. Regardz Colin J Davies

                                  Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin

                                  You are the intrepid one, always willing to leap into the fray! A serious character flaw, I might add, but entertaining. Said by Roger Wright about me.

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                                  The only programming experience I have is when my Electronics and Telecommunications course devolved into programming such as the Intel 8085 and the Zilog Z80 for example. Which is basically just assembly. Such fundamentals regarding a "Kernel" and ".dll" are not involved in the area of programming which i have currently experienced. The highest level of programming which I have attempted to date is C, but that was for programming a robot to obtain a basic level of artificial intelligence, but does not require “shared object files” or “_resource allocation, low-level hardware interfaces, security_y” as this programming is all done for a simple DOS based application. Yes, yes, I have to program in DOS, in case some of you didn't read that right in the first place, or just assumed I mistyped it. ;) I was hoping to get more involved in PIC (Peripheral Interface Controller) programming, in particular the PIC 16C84 microcontroller. But I just haven't found a good language to use, although the TASM lanuage sounds popular. But finding the time is another factor. -- Peter "Lifes a lemon and I want my money back"

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                                    Brian Delahunty wrote: Not everybody is born with that information!!! I don't think anyone is born with that knowledge, and we all have to learn somewhere. Agreed. I just didn't expect to see those as questions here at CP. Granted I can't really give better expanations than dictionary.com's text book answers. Regardz Colin J Davies

                                    Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin

                                    You are the intrepid one, always willing to leap into the fray! A serious character flaw, I might add, but entertaining. Said by Roger Wright about me.

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                                    Brian Delahunty
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                                    Colin^Davies wrote: I just didn't expect to see those as questions here at CP. Same here. I was a bit surprise to see them too. Regards, Brian Dela :-)

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                                      Brian Delahunty wrote: Why??? :omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg: Maybe, I should keep quiet now, I feel like I have stepped waist deep in excrement. ( at least it's warm ) Regardz Colin J Davies

                                      Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin

                                      You are the intrepid one, always willing to leap into the fray! A serious character flaw, I might add, but entertaining. Said by Roger Wright about me.

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                                      Just give it a few moments until it feels cold X| "Lifes a lemon and I want my money back"

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                                        The only programming experience I have is when my Electronics and Telecommunications course devolved into programming such as the Intel 8085 and the Zilog Z80 for example. Which is basically just assembly. Such fundamentals regarding a "Kernel" and ".dll" are not involved in the area of programming which i have currently experienced. The highest level of programming which I have attempted to date is C, but that was for programming a robot to obtain a basic level of artificial intelligence, but does not require “shared object files” or “_resource allocation, low-level hardware interfaces, security_y” as this programming is all done for a simple DOS based application. Yes, yes, I have to program in DOS, in case some of you didn't read that right in the first place, or just assumed I mistyped it. ;) I was hoping to get more involved in PIC (Peripheral Interface Controller) programming, in particular the PIC 16C84 microcontroller. But I just haven't found a good language to use, although the TASM lanuage sounds popular. But finding the time is another factor. -- Peter "Lifes a lemon and I want my money back"

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                                        Brian Delahunty
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                                        Peter Mayhew wrote: I was hoping to get more involved in PIC (Peripheral Interface Controller) programming, in particular the PIC 16C84 microcontroller. I'm starting to code for the PIC 16F877... Using MPLAB and the CCS compiler... Very interesting and very fast because I can debug directly on the chip... Don't think you'll be able to do that with the 16C84 as it's not a e2prom [eeprom] chip. Isn't the 16C84 a VU eprom??? I think it is. Regards, Brian Dela :-)

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                                          Peter Mayhew wrote: Time for plan "Get Dave" Any black vans driven by guys in combat gear will be turned away at the door. Sorry. ;P


                                          David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk

                                          Whales are drinking all our water and eating our sailors...

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                                          David Wulff wrote: Any black vans driven Damn better cancel it, and order that pink van with yellow spots, that shouldn't stand out as bad. Well not on Dave’s estate anyway ;) "Lifes a lemon and I want my money back"

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