Single address space operating system

In computer science, a single address space operating system (or SASOS) is an operating system that provides only one globally shared address space for all processes.

List of SASOS projects

• Amiga family – AmigaOS, AROS and MorphOS
• Angel
• BareMetal
• BMX
• Br1X
• Genera by Symbolics
• IBM i (formerly called OS/400)
• Iguana at NICTA, Australia
• JX a research Java OS
• IncludeOS
• Mungi at NICTA, Australia
• Nemesis
• Opal
• Phantom OS
• Scout
• Singularity
• Sombrero
• TempleOS
• Texas
• Torsion
• Zephyr

See also

• Exokernel
• Hybrid kernel
• Kernel
• Microkernel
• Nanokernel
• Unikernel
• Flat memory model
• Virtual memory

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