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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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