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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 Source Extra Explanation 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 …
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