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<concept id="GUID-E3D2A6ED-8192-563D-8966-DD96B3AF1783" xml:lang="en"><title>Kernel and Hardware

Services Guide</title><shortdesc>Kernel and Hardware Services performs the fundamental operating

system tasks of managing access to device resources. </shortdesc><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><conbody>

<p>Note: This documentation now uses the names, such as Kernel and Hardware

Services, for components and groups of components that are specified in the

system architecture. Some older naming conventions are still used in some

documents. <i>Base</i> is a common name that is given to the lower-level components

of Symbian platform, which include the Kernel, the File Server, and some device

drivers.  <i>EKA2</i> is a common abbreviation for the Kernel Architecture

2 component. </p>