Linux basics · part 2 of 8 · How the OS works: system calls, files, memory, processes, drivers, permissions

What happens when you tap an app?

One tap on a music app, frozen in time and followed through Linux: the app asks the kernel through a glass wall, its program is found in a folder tree, it moves into a locked memory room, gets a process number, takes turns on a processor core, reaches the screen and speaker through driver translators, and meets a system door only root can open. Turn the step of the journey to jump to any stop and see its real name.

What you turn: Step of the journey

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