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[[File:Linux kernel interfaces.svg|thumb|upright=1.5|Linux API, Linux ABI, and in-kernel APIs and ABIs]]

The Linux kernel provides several interfaces to user-space applications that are used for different purposes and that have different properties by design. There are two types of [[application programming interface]] (API) in the [[Linux kernel]] that are not to be confused: the "kernel–user space" API and the "kernel internal" API.

== {{Anchor|Linux API}}Linux API ==