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Bios vs Kernel - What's the difference?

bios | kernel |

In computing terms the difference between bios and kernel

is that bios is acronym of Basic Input/Output System|lang=en while kernel is the central part of many computer operating systems which manages the system's resources and the communication between hardware and software components.

bios

English

Noun

(BIOS) (BIOSes)
  • (computing) Built-in operating system.
  • (computing)
  • Anagrams

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    kernel

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The core, center, or essence of an object or system.
  • the kernel of an argument
  • The central (usually edible) part of a nut, especially once the hard shell has been removed.
  • A single seed or grain, especially of corn or wheat.
  • (US) The stone of certain fruits, such as peaches or plums.
  • A small mass around which other matter is concreted; a nucleus; a concretion or hard lump in the flesh.
  • (computing) The central part of many computer operating systems which manages the system's resources and the communication between hardware and software components.
  • (calculus) A function used to define an integral transform.
  • The Dirichlet kernel convolved with a function yields its Fourier series approximation.
  • (mathematics) A set of pairs of a mapping's domain which are mapped to the same value.
  • (mathematics, algebra) 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.
  • (mathematics, fuzzy set theory) The set of members of a fuzzy set that are fully included (i.e., whose grade of membership is 1).
  • (slang) The human clitoris.
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  • Using the blunt end of one of the vibraphone mallets, he pried open her folds. With the balled end of the other, he rhythmically rolled over her kernel .

    Antonyms

    * (computing) userland * (algebra) support

    Meronyms

    * (algebra) root, zero

    Derived terms

    * cokernel * kernel function * kernel hacker * kernel of truth * kernel space * kernelization