Editing Monolithic system

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A '''monolithic system''' is a system that is integrated into one whole, analogous to a [[monolith]]. The phrase can have slightly different meanings in the contexts of computer software and hardware.

==In application software==
In [[application software]], software is called "monolithic" if it has a '''monolithic architecture''', in which functionally distinguishable aspects (for example data input and output, data processing, error handling, and the user interface) are all interwoven, rather than containing architecturally separate components.<ref name="Stephens2015">{{cite book|author=Rod Stephens|title=Beginning Software Engineering|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SyHWBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA94|date=2 March 2015|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-1-118-96916-8|page=94}}</ref> Software systems like this are examples of [[monolithic application]]s.<ref name=atlas>{{cite web|url=https://www.atlassian.com/microservices/microservices-architecture/microservices-vs-monolith|website=atlassian.com|title=Microservices vs. monolithic architecture: When monoliths grow too big it may be time to transition to microservices|first=Chandler|last=Harris|year=2022}}</ref>

==In hardware==
An electronic [[Computer hardware|hardware system]], such as a [[multi-core]] processor, is called "monolithic" if its components are integrated together in a single [[integrated circuit]]. Note that such a system may consist of architecturally separate components{{spaced ndash}}in a multi-core system, each core forms a separate component{{spaced ndash}}as long as they are realized on a single [[die (integrated circuit)|die]].{{fact|date=May 2023}}

==In system software==
In [[system software]], a [[monolithic kernel]] is an [[operating system]] (OS) architecture where the entire OS is working in [[kernel space]].

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