AmigaOS

AmigaOS is the default native operating system of the Amiga and AmigaOne personal computers.

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The main modularization technique in AmigaOS is based on libraries (files with a ".library" extensions), which are collections of functions much like shared libraries in other operating systems, but don't make use of dynamic linking (this has advantages and disadvantages).

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One standard AmigaOS library enjoys a special status: the exec.library is the only library in the system hooked to a fixed memory address (address 4), and it basically functions as the AmigaOS kernel.

Operating system: In computing, an operating system (OS) is the system software responsible for the direct control and management of hardware and basic system operations. Additionally, it provides a foundation upon which to run application software such as word processing programs and web browsers....

Amiga: In computing, Amiga is a range of home/personal computers primarily using the Motorola 68000 processor family, whose development started in 1982, initially as a game machine. The original Amiga hardware was designed by Jay Miner; his machine was ahead of its time when it appeared in 1985, having a c...

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