Colonel vs. Kernel
Colonelnoun
A commissioned officer in an armed military organization, typically the highest rank before flag officer ranks (generals). It is generally found in armies, air forces or naval infantry (marines).
Colonelverb
(intransitive) To act as or like a colonel.
Colonelnoun
The chief officer of a regiment; an officer ranking next above a lieutenant colonel and next below a brigadier general.
Colonelnoun
a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general
Colonelnoun
a rank of officer in the army and in the US air force, above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier or brigadier general.
Colonelnoun
short for lieutenant colonel
Colonel
Colonel (; abbreviated as Col., Col or COL) is a senior military officer rank used in many countries. It is also used in some police forces and paramilitary organizations.
Kernelnoun
The core, center, or essence of an object or system.
Kernelnoun
(botany) The central (usually edible) part of a nut, especially once the hard shell has been removed.
Kernelnoun
(botany) A single seed or grain, especially of corn or wheat.
Kernelnoun
The stone of certain fruits, such as peaches or plums.
Kernelnoun
A small mass around which other matter is concreted; a nucleus; a concretion or hard lump in the flesh.
Kernelnoun
(computing) The central part of many computer operating systems which manages the system's resources and the communication between hardware and software components.
Kernelnoun
(computing) The core engine of any complex software system.
Kernelnoun
(calculus) A function used to define an integral transform.
Kernelnoun
(mathematics) A set of pairs of a mapping's domain which are mapped to the same value.
Kernelnoun
For a given function (especially a linear map between vector spaces), the set of elements in the domain which are mapped to zero; (formally) given f : X → Y, the set {x ∈ X : f(x) = 0}.
Kernelnoun
For a category with zero morphisms: the equalizer of a given morphism and the zero morphism which is parallel to that given morphism.
Kernelnoun
The set of members of a fuzzy set that are fully included (i.e., whose grade of membership is 1).
Kernelnoun
(slang) The human clitoris.
Kernelnoun
(chemistry) The nucleus and electrons of an atom excluding its valence electrons.
Kernelnoun
The essential part of a seed; all that is within the seed walls; the edible substance contained in the shell of a nut; hence, anything included in a shell, husk, or integument; as, the kernel of a nut. See Illust. of Endocarp.
Kernelnoun
A single seed or grain; as, a kernel of corn.
Kernelnoun
A small mass around which other matter is concreted; a nucleus; a concretion or hard lump in the flesh.
Kernelnoun
The central, substantial or essential part of anything; the gist; the core; as, the kernel of an argument.
Kernelverb
To harden or ripen into kernels; to produce kernels.
Kernelnoun
the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone;
Kernelnoun
a single whole grain of a cereal;
Kernelnoun
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience;
Kernelnoun
a softer, usually edible part of a nut, seed, or fruit stone contained within its shell
Kernelnoun
the seed and hard husk of a cereal, especially wheat
Kernelnoun
the central or most important part of something
Kernelnoun
the most basic level or core of an operating system, responsible for resource allocation, file management, and security.
Kernelnoun
denoting a basic unmarked linguistic string.
