Taxonomy: OS Services

The OS Services provide basic support for creating programs that work across a wide variety of host operating systems and hardware platforms.


CommonPoint Application System / System Services / OS Services

Communications Provide support for local and remote communications.
Directory Services
Service Access Framework
Message Streams
Protocals
File System Provides an object abstraction for manipulating volumes, directories, and files.
Time Services Provide a hardware-independent, customizable model of time.
Object Runtime Services Provide support for the CommonPoint application system's object runtime.
Memory Heaps
Exceptions
Standard Libraries
Metadata
Microkernel Services Provide an abstract interface to the microkernel facilities necessary for the CommonPoint application system to run, independent of the host operating system.
Tasks and Threads
Interprocess Communication
Synchronization Services
Virtual Memory Management
System Shutdown



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