OS - System Call (Process OS communication)

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System calls are the OS API that allows a process to communicate with the kernel of the operating system.

System calls are the most traditional and most obvious interaction points between userspace and the kernel.

Platform

Linux

System calls for a process on Linux can be obtained with strace.

Windows

Windows - Api (Win 32 API )

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