Core
(computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories
Synonyms
Part of
Examples
Each core has three wires passing through it, providing the means to select and detect the contents of each bit
A small group of indispensable persons or things
Type of
Has types
Examples
Five periodicals make up the core of their publishing program
The central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
An organization founded by James Leonard Farmer in 1942 to work for racial equality
Synonyms
A bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil
A cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow drill
Type of
Remove the core or center from
Examples
Core an apple
The center of an object
The chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place