KERNEL

Kernel

In computing, the kernel is a computer program that manages input/output requests from software and translates them into data processing instructions for the central processing unit and other electronic components of a computer. The kernel is a fundamental part of a modern computer's operating system.

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kernel

Noun

  1. The core, center, or essence of an object or system.
    the kernel of an argument
  2. The central (usually edible) part of a nut, especially once the hard shell has been removed.
  3. A single seed or grain, especially of corn or wheat.
  4. The stone of certain fruits, such as peaches or plums.
  5. A small mass around which other matter is concreted; a nucleus; a concretion or hard lump in the flesh.
  6. The central part of many computer operating systems which manages the system's resources and the communication between hardware and software components.
  7. A function used to define an integral transform.
    The Dirichlet kernel convolved with a function yields its Fourier series approximation.
  8. A set of pairs of a mapping's domain which are mapped to the same value.
  9. Those elements, in the domain of a function, which the function maps to zero.
    If a function is continuous then its kernel is a closed set.
  10. The set of members of a fuzzy set that are fully included (i.e., whose grade of membership is 1).


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