Kernel

Computing

• Kernel (computer science), the central component of most operating systems
• Linux kernel
• Kernel (programming language), a Scheme-like language
• kernel trick, in machine learning

Literature

• Kernel (Lilo & Stitch), experiment 014 from the Lilo & Stitch cartoon series
• Kernel Fleck, a character in the Demonata series of books

Mathematics

• Kernel (mathematics)
• Kernel (algebra)
• Kernel (linear operator)
• Kernel (matrix)
• Kernel (category theory)
• Kernel (statistics)
• Heat kernel
• Polygon kernel
• Positive definite kernel
• Stochastic kernel
• Convolution kernel, as of a linear filter
• Kernel of an integral transform
• Kernel of a function
• cooperative solution concept, in game theory

Science

• seed, in plants
• atomic nucleus

See also

• KERNAL, Commodore's 8-bit OS software
• Colonel