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		jadc on Jan 31, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: High Performance Networking in Google Chrome I am wondering about the kernel piece. Does Chrome on Windows have any code that is loaded in the kernel? I'd be quite surprised if they did. Any Chrome expert know?

ramidarigaz on Jan 31, 2013 [–]

I don't believe he actually means the OS Kernel. It's a userspace "kernel" in that it coordinates the traffic and behavior for all of the subprocesses.

igrigorik on Jan 31, 2013 | [–]

Right. The "browser kernel" process, which is the coordinator for all the network activity, and a dozen other things.

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