[SOLVED] Reading Comprehension - Hybrid Kernel

[shaharhada]

What the meaning of the sentence:
The kernels of the operating systems in this line are all known as hybrid kernels – although it is worth nothing that this term is dispute, with the claim that the kernel is essentially a monolithic kernel... etc. etc.
In the text:
https://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~rwest/wikispeedia/wpcd/wp/a/Architecture_of_Windows_NT.htm

 

[shaharhada]

More question in the same article:
"Windows Driver Model (WDM) exists in the intermediate layer and was mainly designed to be binary and source compatible between Windows 98 and Windows 2000."

1. What the meaning of the sentence in simple English?
2. What is to be binary and source compatible? What is binary compatible?

 

[popatim]

1: IMO since Windows Kernel uses modules to process various workloads then it is not monolithic (monolithic means 1 program does all the work) then it is indeed a hybrid to me.
2A: There are basic 2 types of Windows driver code, legacy which includes 95,98, ME and the NT3.1 (WDM) style which is what's been in use with all the newer Windows, including Win10.
2B: Binary compatible means the 'executable code' can be run on both those listed OS's. Source compatibility means the source code can be compiled (turned into executable code) by the OS's

Also worth noting is that WDM capability has been backloaded into at least Win95 with updates. For Win95 it came with OSR2 update.

 

[shaharhada]

1: IMO since Windows Kernel uses modules to process various workloads then it is not monolithic (monolithic means 1 program does all the work) then it is indeed a hybrid to me.
2A: There are basic 2 types of Windows driver code, legacy which includes 95,98, ME and the NT3.1 (WDM) style which is what's been in use with all the newer Windows, including Win10.
2B: Binary compatible means the 'executable code' can be run on both those listed OS's. Source compatibility means the source code can be compiled (turned into executable code) by the OS's

Also worth noting is that WDM capability has been backloaded into at least Win95 with updates. For Win95 it came with OSR2 update.

What is the meaning of the word backloaded?

 

[popatim]

The feature was added after the product was replaced thru an update.

 

[shaharhada]

The feature was added after the product was replaced thru an update.

But what is this feature?

 

[popatim]

Start from your first post and reread. It's what you asked about.
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