The word 'kernel' is correct and usable in written English.
The word can be used when referring to the core of an operating system, the innermost layer of an item, or the edible seed of some fruits and grains. For example: "I was having difficulty with my computer's operating system, but after updating the kernel, everything works fine now".
The kernel is also expanded with kernel extensions (kexts) that allow it to manage hardware features like peripherals, graphics cards, bluetooth, Wi-Fi and the hard drive.
This is the kernel at the heart of so many harassment cases: the stalker will insist, with an air of honest bafflement, that they are simply exercising their right to free speech.
There was the kernel of something legitimate in what he was trying to say, but it came out wrong.
The old joke that the way to render an Italian speechless is to tie his hands together has a kernel of truth in it.
"We will finish this job in 2015 with or without GUPC," he said, though he acknowledged there might be tough legal battles ahead.The kernel of the dispute is a $785m advance payment the PCA made to the consortium.
The browser kernel, which interacts directly with the operating system, is therefore shielded from anything questionable lurking on the web.Meanwhile, the rendering engine resides in a "sandbox" that strictly controls what resources can be read or written to.
But problems affecting two of the kingdom's most prominent family conglomerates may yet be the kernel of a wider crisis.On one side is the venerable Gosaibi family, owners of the Ahmad Hamad Algosaibi & Brothers Company AHAGG).
The consistent whinge from the Christian right about "liberal activist judges" exceeding their mandate contains a kernel of truth.
If the Union expands to, say, 20 members over the next five years or so, it will be harder still for the integrationists to create even the kernel of a United States of Europe.What this all means is that the supranationalists, especially with France and Germany newly at odds, are on the defensive.
Fortunately for the coalition, however, Japan, South Korea and Italy have stood firm on their commitments, despite the high-profile kidnappings of their civilians.Despite shakiness in the military coalition, there is now the kernel of an agreement on Iraq's political future.
The model requires a workable kernel (in this case, the initial 10,000 lines of code written by Linus Torvalds) to which people can easily add; a modular design, so that different people need to understand only the part they choose to work on; and a small team at the top to set broad guidelines and select the best ideas.
