core
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core - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Koran \Ko"ran\ (k[=o]"ran or k[-o]*r[aum]n"; 277), n. [Ar.
qor[=a]n; with the Ar. article, Alkoran, Alcoran; = Turk.
Pers. qur[^a]n, from Ar. quran, qoran, book, reading, from
q[^a]r[^a], read. See Alcoran.]
The Scriptures of the Muslims, containing the professed
revelations to Mohammed; -- called also Alcoran. [Written
also Kuran or Quran, Also rarely Coran and Core.]
Note: The Koran is the sacred book of the Muslims (sometimes
called Mohammedans by non-Muslims, a term considered
offensive by some Muslims). It is the most important
foundation on which Islam rests and it is held in the
highest veneration by all Islamic sects. When being
read it must be kept on a stand elevated above the
floor. No one may read it or touch it without first
making a legal ablution. It is written in the Arabic
language, and its style is considered a model. The
substance of the Koran is held to be uncreated and
eternal. Mohammed was merely the person to whom the
work was revealed. At first the Koran was not written,
but entirely committed to memory. But when a great many
of the best Koran reciters had been killed in battle,
Omar suggested to Abu-Bekr (the successor of Mohammed)
that it should be written down. Abu-Bekr accordingly
commanded Zeid, an amanuensis of the prophet, to commit
it to writing. This was the authorized text until 23
years after the death of the prophet. A number of
variant readings had, however, crept into use. By order
of the calif Osman in the year 30 of the Hejira, Zeid
and three assistants made a careful revision which was
adopted as the standard, and all the other copies were
ordered to be burned. The Koran consists of 114 suras
or divisions. These are not numbered, but each one has
a separate name. They are not arranged in historical
order. These suras purport to be the addresses
delivered by Mohammed during his career at Mecca and
Medina. As a general rule the shorter suras, which
contain the theology of Islam, belong to the Meccan
period; while the longer ones, relating to social
duties and relationships, to Medina. The Koran is
largely drawn from Jewish and Christian sources, the
former prevailing. Moses and Jesus are reckoned among
the prophets. The biblical narratives are interwoven
with rabbinical legends. The customs of the Jews are
made to conform to those of the Arabians. Islamic
theology consists in the study of the Koran and its
commentaries. A very fine collection of Korans,
including one in Cufic (the old Arabic character), is
to be found in the Khedival Library at Cairo, Egypt.
[Century Dict. 1906]
Cor \Cor\ (k[^o]r), n. [Heb. k[=o]r.]
A Hebrew measure of capacity; a homer. [Written also core.]
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Core \Core\ (k[=o]r), n. [F. corps. See Corps.]
A body of individuals; an assemblage. [Obs.]
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He was in a core of people. --Bacon.
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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.
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He's like a corn upon my great toe . . . he must be
cored out. --Marston.
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2. To form by means of a core, as a hole in a casting.
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3. To extract a cylindrical sample from, with a boring
device. See core[8].
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Core \Core\, n. [Cf. Chore.] (Mining.)
A miner's underground working time or shift. --Raymond.
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Note: The twenty-four hours are divided into three or four
cores.
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Core \Core\, n. [Heb. k[=o]r: cf. Gr. ko`ros.]
A Hebrew dry measure; a cor or homer. --Num. xi. 32 (Douay
version).
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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.
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A fever at the core,
Fatal to him who bears, to all who ever bore.
--Byron.
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2. The center or inner part, as of an open space; as, the
core of a square. [Obs.] --Sir W. Raleigh.
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3. The most important part of a thing; the essence; as, the
core of a subject; -- also used attributively, as the core
curriculum at a college.
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4. (Founding) The portion 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.
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5. A disorder of sheep occasioned by worms in the liver.
[Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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6. (Anat.) The bony process which forms the central axis of
the horns in many animals.
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7. (Elec.) A mass of iron or other ferrous metal, forming the
central part of an electromagnet, such as those upon which
the conductor of an armature, a transformer, or an
induction coil is wound.
Note: The presence of the iron intensifies the magnetic field
created by a a current passing through the windings.
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8. (mining) a sample of earth or rock extracted from
underground by a drilling device in such a manner that the
layers of rock are preserved in the same order as they
exist underground; as, to drill a core; to extract a core.
The sample is typically removed with a rotating drill bit
having a hollow center, and is thus shaped like a
cylinder.
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9. (Computers) The main working memory of a digital computer
system, which typically retains the program code being
executed as well as the data structures that are
manipulated by the program. Contrasted to ROM and data storage device
.
Note: The term was applied originally to the main memory,
consisting of small ferromagnetic rings, that were used
to store data in older computers, where each ring
representing one bit of information by virtue of its
state of magnetization. They were superseded by
electronic data storage devices.
Syn: core memory, random access memory, RAM
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10. (Geol.) the central part of the earth, believed to be a
sphere with a radius of about 2100 miles, and composed
primarily of molten iron with some nickel. It is
distinguished from the crust and mantle.
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11. (Engineering) the central part of a nuclear reactor,
containing the fissionable fuel.
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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.
Core dump See core dump in the vocabulary.
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core - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :
core
n 1: a small group of indispensable persons or things; "five
periodicals make up the core of their publishing program"
[syn: core, nucleus, core group]
2: the center of an object; "the ball has a titanium 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 heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the
story" [syn: kernel, substance, core, center,
centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul,
inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty- gritty
]
5: a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow
drill
6: an organization founded by James Leonard Farmer in 1942 to
work for racial equality [syn: Congress of Racial Equality,
CORE]
7: the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
[syn: effect, essence, burden, core, gist]
8: (computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a
random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded
by semiconductor memories; "each core has three wires passing
through it, providing the means to select and detect the
contents of each bit" [syn: core, magnetic core]
9: the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile
material where the reaction takes place
10: a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes
through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the
coil
v 1: remove the core or center from; "core an apple"
core - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :
core
1. <storage> 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. <processor> 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. <language> A varient on kernel as used to describe
features built into a language as opposed to those provided by
libraries.
(1995-03-03)
core - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :
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.
core - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :
Core, WV
Zip code(s): 26529
core - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
206 Moby Thesaurus words for "core":
Bowery, Chinatown, East End, East Side, Little Hungary,
Little Italy, West End, West Side, amidships, amount, average,
axiom, axis, barrio, base, basis, beginning, bench mark,
black ghetto, blighted area, body, bosom, bulk, burden,
business district, cardinal point, center, center of action,
center of gravity, central, central city, centroid, centrum,
chief thing, city center, climax, commencement, consequence,
cornerstone, corpus, crisis, critical point, crux, dead center,
deepest recesses, diameter, diaphragm, distillate, distillation,
downtown, elixir, epicenter, equator, equatorial, equidistant,
essence, essential, essential matter, fabric, flower, focus,
foundation, fundamental, ghetto, gist, gravamen, great point,
greenbelt, halfway, heart, heart of hearts, high point, hub,
hypostasis, import, importance, important thing, inner, inner city,
inner essence, inner landscape, inner life, inner man,
inner nature, inner recess, inner self, inside, insides, interior,
interior man, intermediary, intermediate, intern, internal,
intrados, inward, issue, kernel, keystone, landmark, main point,
main thing, marrow, mass, material, material point, matter, mean,
meat, medial, median, mediocre, mediterranean, medium, medulla,
mesial, metacenter, mezzo, mid, middle, middlemost, middling,
midland, midmost, midpoint, midriff, midships, midst, midtown,
midway, milestone, nave, navel, nub, nuclear, nucleus,
nuts and bolts, omphalos, origin, outskirts, penetralia, pit, pith,
pivot, postulate, principle, purport, quick, quid, quiddity,
quintessence, real issue, recap, recapitulation, recesses,
red-light district, residential district, resume, root,
run-down neighborhood, run-through, rundown, salient point, sap,
secret place, secret places, seed, shopping center, significance,
sine qua non, skid road, skid row, slum, slums, soul, spirit,
staple, start, storm center, stuff, substance, substantive point,
suburbia, suburbs, sum, sum and substance, summary, summation,
tenderloin, tenement district, the bottom line, the nitty-gritty,
the point, thick, thick of things, thrust, turning point,
umbilicus, upshot, uptown, urban blight, vital center, vitals,
waist, waistline, zone
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