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## What are the Shell and the Kernel? (1 of 2) - The Windows **Shell**: - The portion of an OS that relates to the user and to applications - Provides tools such as File Explorer and the Windows desktop - Made up of subsystems that operate in **user mode** - Means these subsystems h...

## What are the Shell and the Kernel? (1 of 2) - The Windows **Shell**: - The portion of an OS that relates to the user and to applications - Provides tools such as File Explorer and the Windows desktop - Made up of subsystems that operate in **user mode** - Means these subsystems have only limited access to system information - The Windows **Kernel**: - Responsible for interacting with hardware - Known as the "core" of the OS - Has two main components: - **HAL** (hardware abstraction layer) - layer closest to hardware - **Executive services interface** - operate between the user mode subsystems and the HAL