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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.

Core memory2. Type of memory used before RAM as we know it today. To the right is an example picture courtesy of of Rutherford Appleton Laboratory and shows a memory core used in the Atlas 1 computer that was 12 centimeters square and contained 64 cores.

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 type of issue occurs, the user will generally see a large listing of numbers or letters and numbers.

Also see: Core 2, Dump, Memory definitions, Processor definitions

 

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