Dictionary Definition
kernel
Noun
1 the inner and usually edible part of a seed or
grain or nut or fruit stone; "black walnut kernels are difficult to
get out of the shell" [syn: meat]
2 a single whole grain of a cereal; "a kernel of
corn"
3 the choicest or most essential or most vital
part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's
argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub
of the story" [syn: substance, core, center, essence, gist, heart, heart and
soul, inwardness,
marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty]
[also: kernelling,
kernelled]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
Noun
- The core, center, or essence of an object or system.
- A single seed or grain, especially of corn or wheat.
- The central part of many computer operating systems which manages the system's resources and the communication between hardware and software components.
- In the context of "US": The stone of certain fruits, such as peaches or plums.
- Those elements, in the domain of a function, which the function maps to zero.
Derived terms
Translations
central part of many computer operating systems
- Czech: jádro
- Danish: kerne
stone of certain fruits, such as peaches or
plums
- Czech: pecka
(algebra) set of elements mapped to zero
- Czech: jádro
- Danish: kerne
Extensive Definition
Kernel can mean:
- Seed, in plants
- Kernel, an atom stripped of all its valence electrons.
- Kernel Fleck, a character in the Demonata series of books.
- Kernel (computer science), the central component of most operating systems.
- Kernel in game theory: a cooperative solution concept
- Kernel (Lilo & Stitch) experiment 014 from Lilo & Stitch.
- For "kernel" in mathematics see:
- Kernel (programming language), a Scheme-like language with first-class special forms (fexprs).
- Kernel trick in machine learning
kernel in German: Kernel
kernel in Esperanto: Nukleo
kernel in Spanish: Kernel (desambiguación)
kernel in French: Noyau
kernel in Korean: 커널
kernel in Lithuanian: Branduolys
kernel in Japanese: カーネル (曖昧さ回避)
kernel in Slovak: Jadro
kernel in Chinese: 核心
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Brazil nut, acorn, almond, almond paste, amande, amande douce, amandes
mondees, axiom, axis, bench mark, berry, bird seed, bitter almond,
blanched almonds, burnt almond, cardinal point, center, center of action, center
of gravity, centroid,
centrum, chief thing,
climax, core, cornerstone, crisis, critical point, crux, dead center, diameter, diaphragm, distillate, distillation, elixir, epicenter, equator, essence, essential, essential matter,
fabric, flaxseed, flower, focus, fruit, fundamental, gist, goober, goober pea, grain, gravamen, great point,
ground-pea, groundnut,
hayseed, heart, high point, hub, hypostasis, important thing,
inner essence, interior, issue, keystone, landmark, linseed, main point, main thing,
marrow, material, material point,
matter, mean, meat, median, medium, medulla, metacenter, middle, midmost, midriff, midst, milestone, nave, navel, nigger toe, noisette, noix, nub, nubbin, nucleus, nut, nuts and bolts, omphalos, peanut, peanut butter, pip, pit, pith, pivot, postulate, principle, quid, quiddity, quintessence, real issue,
salient point, salted peanuts, sap, seed, sine qua non, soul, spirit, stone, storm center, stuff, substance, substantive point,
sum and substance, sweet almond, the bottom line, the nitty-gritty,
the point, thick, thick of
things, turning point, umbilicus, upshot, waist, waistline, zone