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<sect2><title> </title><para> </para></sect2>
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<sect2><title>Short descriptions</title>
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<para>The <emphasis>kernel</emphasis> is the engine of your GNU/Linux system.
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When switching on your box, the kernel is the first part of your operating
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system that gets loaded. It detects and initializes all the components of your
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computer's hardware, then makes these components available as a tree of files
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to the software, and turns a single CPU into a multi-tasking machine capable
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of running scores of programs seemingly at the same time.</para>
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<para>The <emphasis>kernel headers</emphasis> define the interface to the
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services that the kernel provides. The headers in your system's
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<filename>include</filename> directory should <emphasis>always</emphasis> be
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the ones against which Glibc was compiled and should therefore
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<emphasis>not</emphasis> be replaced when upgrading the kernel.</para>
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</sect2>
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