Assertion: kernel | /r/CapableOf | allocate request
Facets:
value: from applications
type: OTHER
value: to perform o
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: The kernel allocates requests from applications to perform I/O to an appropriate device and provides convenient methods for using the device (typically abstracted to the point where the application does not need to know implementation details of the device).
text: The kernel allocates requests from applications to perform I/O to an appropriate device (or subsection of a device, in the case of files on a disk or windows on a display) and provides convenient methods for using the device (typically abstracted to the point where the application does not need to know implementation details of the device)