MonolithicOS.md (401B)
1 # Monolithic OS 2 3 **Source:** CS 6200 4 5 **Chapter:** P1L2 6 7 **Definition:** A monolithic operating system is one where every service the processes can require is part of the operating system. 8 9 ## Pros and Cons 10 11 - Everything is packaged at the same time 12 - Compile time optimizations 13 - Can be quite large 14 - Lots of state 15 - Lots of code 16 - Large memory requirements 17 18 See also: [Modular OS](ModularOS.md)