more

adj 1: (comparative of `much' used with mass nouns) quantifier

meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree;

"more land"; "more support"; "more rain fell"; "more

than a gallon" [syn: {more(a)}, {more than}] [ant: {less(a)}]

2: (comparative of `many' used with count nouns) quantifier

meaning greater in number; "a hall with more seats"; "we

have no more bananas"; "more than one" [syn: {more(a)}]

[ant: {fewer}]

3: existing or coming by way of addition; "an additional

problem"; "further information"; "there will be further

delays"; "took more time" [syn: {additional}, {further(a)},

{more(a)}]

n : a greater or additional quantity or number or degree or

amount: "the more I see of you the more I like you"

adv 1: used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs;

"more interesting"; "more beautiful"; "more quickly"

[syn: {to a greater extent}] [ant: {less}]

2: comparative of much; to a greater degree or extent; "he

works more now"; "they eat more than they should" [ant: {less}]

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)