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Darwin is the open source POSIX/UNIX operating system on which OSX is built
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Why is macOS often referred to as 'Darwin'?
Simple answer: the core (OS) of macOS (and many other Apple Devices's OS) is Darwin, the core/kernel of Darwin is XNU
Detail answer: Apple OS Architecture
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Apple has various … s core is: Darwin
the core of Darwin is XNU
Darwin = XNU + System Utilities + other
the main part of XNU is BSD, Mach, IOKit
XNU = Mach + BSD + IOKit
kernel's relation is similar for: macOS vs …