The kernel is a computer program at the core of a computer's operating system and generally has complete control over everything in the system. It is the portion of the operating system code that is always resident in memory, and facilitates interactions between hardware and software components. A full kernel controls all hardware resources (e.g. I/O, memory, cryptography) via …

Computing. Kernel (operating system), the central component of most operating systems Kernel (image processing), a matrix used for image convolution Compute kernel, in GPGPU programming; Kernel method, in machine learning; Kernelization, a technique for designing efficient algorithms . Kernel, a routine that is executed in a vectorized loop, for example in …