10,579
edits
Changes
→Sugar Application Stack
<noinclude>
<noinclude>
<noinclude>
Sugar is designed to encourage exploration and learning by children that have not been exposed to
Sugar is designed to encourage exploration and learning by children that have not been exposed to
or indoctrinated into any existing computing environment.
or indoctrinated into any existing computing environment.
</noinclude>
</noinclude>
Sugar has Activities rather that programs or applications. It is implemented on top of existing or modified operating systems and hardware. The Activities are accessed by the user through the Sugar platform. Many Activities, such as Browse, can take advantage of library collections. Some collections are included with the Sugar system; others may be installed from the Web or created locally.
===The Sugar stack===
Sugar is implemented on top of existing or modified operating systems and hardware. Sugar Activities ("Sugar-enhanced applications") are accessed by the user from the Sugar platform. Many Activities, such as Browse, take advantage of library collections. Some collections are included with Sugar; others may be installed from the Web or created locally.
The layers in a Sugar system are:
The layers in a Sugar system are:
* Sugar Activities
* Sugar Activities
* Sugar
* Sugar
* OS
* Operating System
* Hardware
* Computer Hardware
Graphical view of the Sugar Application Stack:
Graphical view of the Sugar Application Stack: