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L4 is a family of second-generation microkernels, used to implement a variety of types of operating systems (OS), though mostly for Unix-like, Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX) compliant types.
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| L4 microkernel family | Available in | English, German | 1.00 | infobox |
| L4 microkernel family | Developer | Jochen Liedtke | 1.00 | infobox |
| L4 microkernel family | Initial release | 1993; 33 years ago (1993) | 1.00 | infobox |
| L4 microkernel family | Kernel type | Microkernel | 1.00 | infobox |
| L4 microkernel family | License | Various L4Re: MIT seL4: Source code, proofs: GPLv2 seL4: Libraries, tools: BSD 2-clause | 1.00 | infobox |
| L4 microkernel family | Marketing target | Reliable computing | 1.00 | infobox |
| L4 microkernel family | Official website | os.inf.tu-dresden.de/L4 | 1.00 | infobox |
| L4 microkernel family | OS family | L4 | 1.00 | infobox |
| L4 microkernel family | Preceded by | Eumel | 1.00 | infobox |
| L4 microkernel family | Source model | Open source, closed source | 1.00 | infobox |
| L4 microkernel family | Supported platforms | Intel i386, x86, x86-64, ARM, MIPS, SPARC, Itanium, RISC-V | 1.00 | infobox |
| L4 microkernel family | Working state | Current | 1.00 | infobox |
| L4 microkernel family | Written in | Assembly language, then C, C++ | 1.00 | infobox |
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