Core
1. When referring to processors the Intel Core codenamed Yonah is the successor to the Intel Pentium M and was first introduced on January 5, 2006 and is the computer processor used with laptop computers.
2.
Memory used before RAM as we know it today. In
the picture to the right, is an example of a memory core used in the Atlas 1
computer that was 12-centimeters square and contained 64 cores, courtesy of of Rutherford Appleton Laboratory.
3. Short for Core Dump, a core is used to describe when a computer, computer device, network device, or other related product errors and is unable to display a proper error message. When this issue occurs, you will often see a large listing of data to help identify the cause of the issue or what was running when the problem happened.
Also see: Core 2, Dump, Memory definitions, Processor definitions, Virtual core