Kernel
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Kernel can mean:

• Seed, in plants
• Kernel, an atom stripped of all its valence electrons.
• Kernel Fleck, a character in the Demonata series of books.
• Kernel (computer science), the main part of most operating systems.
  • Linux kernel
• Kernel in game theory: a cooperative solution concept
• Kernel (Lilo & Stitch) experiment 014 from Lilo & Stitch.
• For "kernel" in mathematics see:
  • Kernel (mathematics)
  • Positive definite kernel
  • Kernel (algebra)
  • Kernel (functional analysis)
  • Kernel (matrix)
  • Kernel of a function
  • Kernel of an integral transform
  • Kernel (statistics)
  • Stochastic kernel
  • Convolution kernel, as of a linear filter
  • Kernel (category theory)
  • Heat kernel
  • Polygon kernel
• Kernel (programming language), a Scheme-like language with first-class special forms (fexprs).
• Kernel trick in machine learning

See also

• KERNAL, Commodore's 8-bit OS software
• Colonel (a homophone)

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