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- Dictionaryker·nel/ˈkərn(ə)l/
noun
- 1. a softer, usually edible part of a nut, seed, or fruit stone contained within its hard shell. Similar
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The kernel is a computer program at the core of a computer's operating system and generally has complete control over everything in the system. The kernel is also responsible for preventing and mitigating conflicts between different processes. It is the portion of the operating system code that is always resident in memory and facilitates interactions between hardware and software components. A fu... Wikipedia