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Kernel vs Kerne - What's the difference?

kernel | kerne |

As nouns the difference between kernel and kerne

is that kernel is the core, center, or essence of an object or system while kerne is .

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.
  • * 2014 , Karyn Gerrard, Irene Preston, Lotchie Burton et al'', ''Summer Heat: 10 Spicy Romances That Sizzle
    • 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

    kerne

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • *{{quote-book, year=1902, author=William MacLeod Raine, title=A Daughter of Raasay, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Donald no sooner beheld his kinswoman than he dropped on his knee and with the wildest demonstrations of joy kissed the hand of the ragged kerne who supported her. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1870, author=James Godkin, title=The Land-War In Ireland (1870), chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=April 11: The army advances again to Armagh, where it waits for galloglasse and kerne from the Pale. }}