Bios vs Kernel - What's the difference?
bios | kernel |
The core, center, or essence of an object or system.
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.
(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.
(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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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.kernel
English
Noun
(en noun)- the kernel of an argument
- The Dirichlet kernel convolved with a function yields its Fourier series approximation.
- If a function is continuous then its kernel is a closed set.
- 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 .