kernel

  • 21kernel — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English cyrnel, diminutive of corn Date: before 12th century 1. chiefly dialect a fruit seed 2. the inner softer part of a seed, fruit stone, or nut 3. a whole seed of a cereal < a kernel of corn > 4. a&#8230; …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 22Kernel — En informática, el kernel (también conocido como núcleo) es la parte fundamental de un sistema operativo. Es el software responsable de facilitar a los distintos programas acceso seguro al hardware de la computadora o en forma mas básica, es la&#8230; …

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  • 23kernel — noun Kernel is used after these nouns: ↑corn, ↑palm …

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  • 24kernel — [OE] Etymologically, a kernel is a ‘little seed’. Old English corn, ancestor of modern 299 kind English corn, meant ‘seed, grain’, and its diminutive form cyrnel was applied to ‘pips’ (now obsolete), to ‘seeds’ (a sense which now survives only in …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 25kernel — noun (C) 1 the centre part of a nut or seed, usually the part you can eat 2 something that forms the most important part of a statement, idea, plan etc: There may be a kernel of truth in what he says …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 26kernel — ker•nel [[t]ˈkɜr nl[/t]] n. v. neled, nel•ing (esp. brit.) nelled, nel•ling. 1) bot the softer, usu. edible part contained in the shell of a nut or the stone of a fruit 2) bot the body of a seed within its husk 3) the central or most important&#8230; …

    From formal English to slang

  • 27kernel — /ˈkɜnəl / (say kernuhl) noun 1. the softer, usually edible, part contained in the shell of a nut or the stone of a fruit. 2. the body of a seed within its husk or integuments. 3. a grain, as of wheat. 4. the central part of anything; the nucleus; …

  • 28kernel — branduolys statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. kernel; nucleus vok. Kern, m rus. ядро, n pranc. noyau, m …

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  • 29kernel — branduolys statusas T sritis informatika apibrėžtis Pagrindinė ↑operacinės sistemos dalis. Branduolys nedidelis, paprastai visą laiką būna operatyviojoje atmintyje ir atlieka pačias svarbiausias funkcijas: valdo atmintį, išorinius įtaisus, tvarko …

    Enciklopedinis kompiuterijos žodynas

  • 30kernel — [OE] Etymologically, a kernel is a ‘little seed’. Old English corn, ancestor of modern English corn, meant ‘seed, grain’, and its diminutive form cyrnel was applied to ‘pips’ (now obsolete), to ‘seeds’ (a sense which now survives only in the&#8230; …

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