fore

adj 1: (nautical) situated at or toward the bow of a vessel [syn: {fore(a)}]

[ant: {aft(a)}]

2: located anteriorly [syn: {fore(a)}, {front(a)}]

n : front part of a vessel or aircraft; "he pointed the bow of

the boat toward the finish line" [syn: {bow}, {prow}, {stem}]

adv : near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane; "the

captain went fore (or forward) to check the

instruments" [syn: {forward}] [ant: {aft}]

core

1. {Main memory} or {RAM}. This term dates from the

days of {ferrite core memory}; now archaic most places outside

{IBM}, but also still used in the {Unix} community and by

old-time {hackers} or those who would sound like them.

Some derived idioms are quite current; "in core", for example,

means "in memory" ({paged in}, as opposed to "on disk", {paged

out}), and both {core dump} and the "core image" or "core

file" produced by one are terms in favour. Some varieties of

Commonwealth hackish prefer {store}.

[{Jargon File}]

(1995-03-03)

2. An {integrated circuit} design, usually for a

{microprocessor}, which includes only the {CPU} and which is

intended to form part of a complete circuit design which

incorporates other circuits on the same chip such as {cache},

{memory management unit}, I/O ports and timers.

The {ARM6}, {ARM7} and {ARM8} are examples.

3. A varient on {kernel} as used to describe

features built into a language as opposed to those provided by

{libraries}.

(1995-03-03)