TechnologyAugust 8, 2026

syscall

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Definition

A programmatic request made by a software process to the operating system's kernel to perform a privileged operation, such as managing memory or input/output.

Etymology

A contraction of 'system call,' which is a fundamental mechanism in computer science where a program asks the kernel for a service that it does not have the permissions to execute directly.

In the news

In the article, Shepherd uses syscall interception to track and reproduce agent actions, enabling it to revert or replay specific states by monitoring these low-level interactions.

Meet Shepherd: An Open-Source Python Substrate That Lets Meta-Agents Fork, Replay, and Revert Any Agent Run

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