kernel : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: kernel	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for kernel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kernel n 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" Synonym(s): kernel, meat a single whole grain of a cereal; "a kernel of corn" 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" Synonym(s): kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty- gritty
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kernel \Ker"nel\, n. [OE. kernel, kirnel, curnel, AS. cyrnel, fr. corn grain. See {Corn}, and cf. {Kern} to harden.] 1. The essential part of a seed; all that is within the seed walls; the edible substance contained in the shell of a nut; hence, anything included in a shell, husk, or integument; as, the kernel of a nut. See Illust. of {Endocarp}. ' A were as good crack a fusty nut with no kernel --Shak. 2. A single seed or grain; as, a kernel of corn. 3. A small mass around which other matter is concreted; a nucleus; a concretion or hard lump in the flesh. 4. The central, substantial or essential part of anything; the gist; the core; as, the kernel of an argument.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kernel \Ker"nel\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Kerneled}[or] {Kernelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Kerneling} [or] {Kernelling}.] To harden or ripen into kernels; to produce kernels.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
kernel (Note: NOT "kernal"). 1. The essential part of {Unix} or other {operating system}s, responsible for resource allocation, low-level hardware interfaces, security etc. See also {microkernel}. 2. An essential subset of a programming language, in terms of which other constructs are (or could be) defined. Also known as a {core} language. (1996-06-07)