11 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Core \Core\, n. (Elec.)
A mass of iron, usually made of thin plates, upon which the
conductor of an armature or of a transformer is wound.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Core \Core\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cord} (k?rd); p. pr & vb n.
{Coring}.]
1. To take out the core or inward parts of as to core an
apple.
He's likee a corn upon my great toe . . . he must be
cored out --Marston.
2. To form by means of a core, as a hole in a casting.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Core \Core\, n. [Cf. {Chore}.] (Mining.)
A miner's underground working time or shift. --Raymond.
Note: The twenty-four hours are divided into three or four
cores.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Core \Core\, n. [Heb. k[=o]r: cf Gr ko`ros.]
A Hebrew dry measure; a cor or homer. --Num. xi 32 (Douay
version).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Core \Core\, n. [OF. cor, coer, cuer, F. c[oe]ur, fr L. cor
heart. See {Heart}.]
1. The heart or inner part of a thing as of a column, wall,
rope, of a boil, etc.; especially, the central part of
fruit, containing the kernels or seeds; as the core of an
apple or quince.
A fever at the core, Fatal to him who bears, to all
who ever bore. --Byron.
2. The center or inner part as of an open space; as the
core of a square. [Obs.] --Sir W. Raleigh.
3. The most important part of a thing the essence; as the
core of a subject.
4. (Founding) The prtion of a mold which shapes the interior
of a cylinder, tube, or other hollow casting, or which
makes a hole in or through a casting; a part of the mold,
made separate from and inserted in it for shaping some
part of the casting, the form of which is not determined
by that of the pattern.
5. A disorder of sheep occasioned by worms in the liver.
[Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
6. (Anat.) The bony process which forms the central axis of
the horns in many animals.
{Core box} (Founding), a box or mold, usually divisible, in
which cores are molded.
{Core print} (Founding), a projecting piece on a pattern
which forms, in the mold, an impression for holding in
place or steadying a core.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Core \Core\ (k[=o]r), n. [F. corps. See {Corps}.]
A body of individuals; an assemblage. [Obs.]
He was in a core of people. --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cor \Cor\ (k[^o]r), n. [Heb. k[=o]r.]
A Hebrew measure of capacity; a homer. [Written also {core}.]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
core
n 1: a small group of indispensable persons or things "five
periodicals make up the core of their publishing
program" [syn: {nucleus}, {core group}]
2: the center of an object; "do not eat the apple core"
3: the central part of the earth
4: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some
idea or experience: "the gist of the prosecutor's
argument"; "the nub of the story" [syn: {kernel}, {substance},
{center}, {essence}, {gist}, {heart}, {inwardness}, {marrow},
{meat}, {nub}, {pith}, {sum}, {nitty-gritty}]
5: a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow
drill
6: the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
[syn: {effect}, {essence}, {burden}, {gist}]
7: the region of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile
material where the reaction takes place
8: a rod of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes
through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of
the coil
v : remove the core or center from "core an apple"
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Core, WV
Zip code(s): 26529
From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]:
core n. Main storage or RAM. Dates from the days of
ferrite-core memory; now archaic as techspeak most places outside IBM,
but also still used in the Unix community and by old-time hackers or
those who would sound like them Some derived idioms are quite current;
`in core', for example, means `in memory' (as opposed to `on disk'), and
both {core dump} and the `core image' or `core file' produced by one are
terms in favor. Some varieties of Commonwealth hackish prefer {store}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
core
1. {Main memory} or {RAM}. This term dates from the
days of {ferrite core memory}; now archaic most places outside
{IBM}, but also still used in the {Unix} community and by
old-time {hackers} or those who would sound like them
Some derived idioms are quite current; "in core", for example,
means "in memory" ({paged in}, as opposed to "on disk", {paged
out}), and both {core dump} and the "core image" or "core
file" produced by one are terms in favour. Some varieties of
Commonwealth hackish prefer {store}.
[{Jargon File}]
(1995-03-03)
2. An {integrated circuit} design, usually for a
{microprocessor}, which includes only the {CPU} and which is
intended to form part of a complete circuit design which
incorporates other circuits on the same chip such as {cache},
{memory management unit}, I/O ports and timers.
The {ARM6}, {ARM7} and {ARM8} are examples.
3. A varient on {kernel} as used to describe
features built into a language as opposed to those provided by
{libraries}.
(1995-03-03)
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