kernel (EN)
substantivo

substantivo “kernel”

sg. kernel, pl. kernels or uncountable
  1. miolo
    After cracking open the walnut, she found a perfectly intact kernel inside.
  2. grão
    She popped a corn kernel into her mouth, enjoying its crunchy texture.
  3. núcleo (parte mais importante ou central)
    At the kernel of her happiness was a deep sense of gratitude.
  4. núcleo (em computação)
    The kernel is responsible for allocating memory to different applications running on your computer.
  5. núcleo (em cálculo)
    In signal processing, the Gaussian kernel helps in smoothing the data by averaging adjacent points.
  6. núcleo (em matemática, conjunto que mapeia para zero)
    In our linear algebra class, we learned that the kernel of a matrix includes all the vectors that, when multiplied by the matrix, result in the zero vector.