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In which one of the following modes, the hardware allows privileged instruction to be executed?

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Kernel Mode has complete access to CPU, memory and I/O devices, whereas User Mode has restricted access.

Updated On: Jun 25, 2026

Kernel mode
Shell mode
VM mode
User mode

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