English-German translations for kernel

• Kern der
• Betriebssystemkern der
• Kernel der
• des Pudels Kern
• Getreidekorn

Definition of kernel

• The core, center, or essence of an object or system
• The central part of a nut, especially once the hard shell has been removed
• The stone of certain fruits, such as peaches or plums
• The central part of many computer operating systems which manages the system's resources and the communication between hardware and software components
• The core engine of any complex software system
• A function used to define an integral transform
• A set of pairs of a mapping's domain which are mapped to the same value
• ''For a category with zero morphisms'': the equalizer of a given morphism and the zero morphism which is parallel to that given morphism
• The human clitoris
• The nucleus and electrons of an atom excluding its valence electrons

Examples

• the kernel of an argument
• The Linux kernel is open-source
• The Dirichlet kernel convolved with a function yields its Fourier series approximation
• If a function is continuous then its kernel is a closed set

Related words

• kernelization
• microkernel
• exokernel
• kernelled
• kernelize
• unikernel
• kernel of truth
• kernel sentence
• kernel of a homomorphism