Talk:Hardware abstraction

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How to call this

I wonder know if it's better to call this concept with layer or notCallmejosh (talk) 13:31, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It seems to me that hardware abstraction is a more general concept than the hardware abstraction layer in an operating system. Hardware abstraction can be provided to end users without being provided to application programmers -- this must have been the situation in early computers. It can be provided to application programmers without being provided to the operating system programmers -- this must have been the situation in early operating systems. The Hardware abstraction layer provides this abstraction in modern operating systems, for those who develop the OS. 216.254.172.1 (talk) 17:31, 18 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]