[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

koran \ko"ran\ k=o"ran or k-oraumn"; 277, n. ar.
   qor=an; with the ar. article, alkoran, alcoran; = turk.
   pers. qur^an, from ar. quran, qoran, book, reading, from
   q^ar^a, read. see alcoran.
   the scriptures of the muslims, containing the professed
   revelations to mohammed; -- called also alcoran. written
   also kuran or quran, also rarely coran and core.

   note: the koran is the sacred book of the muslims sometimes
         called mohammedans by non-muslims, a term considered
         offensive by some muslims. it is the most important
         foundation on which islam rests and it is held in the
         highest veneration by all islamic sects. when being
         read it must be kept on a stand elevated above the
         floor. no one may read it or touch it without first
         making a legal ablution. it is written in the arabic
         language, and its style is considered a model. the
         substance of the koran is held to be uncreated and
         eternal. mohammed was merely the person to whom the
         work was revealed. at first the koran was not written,
         but entirely committed to memory. but when a great many
         of the best koran reciters had been killed in battle,
         omar suggested to abu-bekr the successor of mohammed
         that it should be written down. abu-bekr accordingly
         commanded zeid, an amanuensis of the prophet, to commit
         it to writing. this was the authorized text until 23
         years after the death of the prophet. a number of
         variant readings had, however, crept into use. by order
         of the calif osman in the year 30 of the hejira, zeid
         and three assistants made a careful revision which was
         adopted as the standard, and all the other copies were
         ordered to be burned. the koran consists of 114 suras
         or divisions. these are not numbered, but each one has
         a separate name. they are not arranged in historical
         order. these suras purport to be the addresses
         delivered by mohammed during his career at mecca and
         medina. as a general rule the shorter suras, which
         contain the theology of islam, belong to the meccan
         period; while the longer ones, relating to social
         duties and relationships, to medina. the koran is
         largely drawn from jewish and christian sources, the
         former prevailing. moses and jesus are reckoned among
         the prophets. the biblical narratives are interwoven
         with rabbinical legends. the customs of the jews are
         made to conform to those of the arabians. islamic
         theology consists in the study of the koran and its
         commentaries. a very fine collection of korans,
         including one in cufic the old arabic character, is
         to be found in the khedival library at cairo, egypt.
         century dict. 1906
see also:
alcoran kuran quran coran core 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cor \cor\ k^or, n. heb. k=or.
   a hebrew measure of capacity; a homer. written also core.
   1913 webster
see also:
core 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

core \core\ k=or, n. f. corps. see corps.
   a body of individuals; an assemblage. obs.
   1913 webster

         he was in a core of people.              --bacon.
   1913 webster
see also:
corps 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

core \core\, v. t. imp.  p. p. cord k?rd; p. pr.  vb. n.
   coring.
   1. to take out the core or inward parts of; as, to core an
      apple.
      1913 webster

            he's like a corn upon my great toe . . . he must be
            cored out.                            --marston.
      1913 webster

   2. to form by means of a core, as a hole in a casting.
      1913 webster

   3. to extract a cylindrical sample from, with a boring
      device. see core8.
      pjc
see also:
cord coring core8 

[5] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

core \core\, n. cf. chore. mining.
   a miner's underground working time or shift. --raymond.
   1913 webster

   note: the twenty-four hours are divided into three or four
         cores.
         1913 webster
see also:
chore 

[6] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

core \core\, n. heb. k=or: cf. gr. ko`ros.
   a hebrew dry measure; a cor or homer. --num. xi. 32 douay
   version.
   1913 webster

[7] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

core \core\, n. of. cor, coer, cuer, f. coeur, fr. l. cor
   heart. see heart.
   1. the heart or inner part of a thing, as of a column, wall,
      rope, of a boil, etc.; especially, the central part of
      fruit, containing the kernels or seeds; as, the core of an
      apple or quince.
      1913 webster

            a fever at the core,
            fatal to him who bears, to all who ever bore.
                                                  --byron.
      1913 webster

   2. the center or inner part, as of an open space; as, the
      core of a square. obs. --sir w. raleigh.
      1913 webster

   3. the most important part of a thing; the essence; as, the
      core of a subject; -- also used attributively, as the core
      curriculum at a college.
      1913 webster +pjc

   4. founding the portion of a mold which shapes the interior
      of a cylinder, tube, or other hollow casting, or which
      makes a hole in or through a casting; a part of the mold,
      made separate from and inserted in it, for shaping some
      part of the casting, the form of which is not determined
      by that of the pattern.
      1913 webster

   5. a disorder of sheep occasioned by worms in the liver.
      prov. eng. --halliwell.
      1913 webster

   6. anat. the bony process which forms the central axis of
      the horns in many animals.
      1913 webster

   7. elec. a mass of iron or other ferrous metal, forming the
      central part of an electromagnet, such as those upon which
      the conductor of an armature, a transformer, or an
      induction coil is wound.

   note: the presence of the iron intensifies the magnetic field
         created by a a current passing through the windings.
         webster 1913 suppl. +pjc

   8. mining a sample of earth or rock extracted from
      underground by a drilling device in such a manner that the
      layers of rock are preserved in the same order as they
      exist underground; as, to drill a core; to extract a core.
      the sample is typically removed with a rotating drill bit
      having a hollow center, and is thus shaped like a
      cylinder.
      pjc

   9. computers the main working memory of a digital computer
      system, which typically retains the program code being
      executed as well as the data structures that are
      manipulated by the program. contrasted to rom and data
      storage device.

   note: the term was applied originally to the main memory,
         consisting of small ferromagnetic rings, that were used
         to store data in older computers, where each ring
         representing one bit of information by virtue of its
         state of magnetization. they were superseded by
         electronic data storage devices.

   syn: core memory, random access memory, ram
        pjc

   10. geol. the central part of the earth, believed to be a
       sphere with a radius of about 2100 miles, and composed
       primarily of molten iron with some nickel. it is
       distinguished from the crust and mantle.
       pjc

   11. engineering the central part of a nuclear reactor,
       containing the fissionable fuel.
       pjc

   core box founding, a box or mold, usually divisible, in
      which cores are molded.

   core print founding, a projecting piece on a pattern
      which forms, in the mold, an impression for holding in
      place or steadying a core.

   core dump see core dump in the vocabulary.
      1913 webster
see also:
heart rom data storage device core box core print core dump 
core dump 

[8] : WordNet (r) 2.0

core
     n 1: the center of an object; "the ball has a titanium core"
     2: a small group of indispensable persons or things; "five
        periodicals make up the core of their publishing program"
        syn: nucleus, core group
     3: the central part of the earth
     4: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some
        idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's
        argument"; "the heart and soul of the republican party";
        "the nub of the story" syn: kernel, substance, center,
         essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness,
         marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty
     5: a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow
        drill
     6: an organization founded by james leonard farmer in 1942 to
        work for racial equality syn: congress of racial
        equality
     7: the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
        syn: effect, essence, burden, gist
     8: the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile
        material where the reaction takes place
     9: a bar of magnetic material as soft iron that passes
        through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of
        the coil
     v : remove the core or center from; "core an apple"
see also:
nucleus core group kernel substance center essence 
gist heart heart and soul inwardness marrow 
meat nub pith sum nitty-gritty 
congress of racial equality effect burden 

[9] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

206 moby thesaurus words for "core":
   bowery, chinatown, east end, east side, little hungary,
   little italy, west end, west side, amidships, amount, average,
   axiom, axis, barrio, base, basis, beginning, bench mark,
   black ghetto, blighted area, body, bosom, bulk, burden,
   business district, cardinal point, center, center of action,
   center of gravity, central, central city, centroid, centrum,
   chief thing, city center, climax, commencement, consequence,
   cornerstone, corpus, crisis, critical point, crux, dead center,
   deepest recesses, diameter, diaphragm, distillate, distillation,
   downtown, elixir, epicenter, equator, equatorial, equidistant,
   essence, essential, essential matter, fabric, flower, focus,
   foundation, fundamental, ghetto, gist, gravamen, great point,
   greenbelt, halfway, heart, heart of hearts, high point, hub,
   hypostasis, import, importance, important thing, inner, inner city,
   inner essence, inner landscape, inner life, inner man,
   inner nature, inner recess, inner self, inside, insides, interior,
   interior man, intermediary, intermediate, intern, internal,
   intrados, inward, issue, kernel, keystone, landmark, main point,
   main thing, marrow, mass, material, material point, matter, mean,
   meat, medial, median, mediocre, mediterranean, medium, medulla,
   mesial, metacenter, mezzo, mid, middle, middlemost, middling,
   midland, midmost, midpoint, midriff, midships, midst, midtown,
   midway, milestone, nave, navel, nub, nuclear, nucleus,
   nuts and bolts, omphalos, origin, outskirts, penetralia, pit, pith,
   pivot, postulate, principle, purport, quick, quid, quiddity,
   quintessence, real issue, recap, recapitulation, recesses,
   red-light district, residential district, resume, root,
   run-down neighborhood, run-through, rundown, salient point, sap,
   secret place, secret places, seed, shopping center, significance,
   sine qua non, skid road, skid row, slum, slums, soul, spirit,
   staple, start, storm center, stuff, substance, substantive point,
   suburbia, suburbs, sum, sum and substance, summary, summation,
   tenderloin, tenement district, the bottom line, the nitty-gritty,
   the point, thick, thick of things, thrust, turning point,
   umbilicus, upshot, uptown, urban blight, vital center, vitals,
   waist, waistline, zone

[10] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

core n. main storage or ram. dates from the days of ferrite-core
   memory; now archaic as techspeak 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' as opposed to `on disk', and both core
   dump and the `core image' or `core file' produced by one are terms in
   favor. some varieties of commonwealth hackish prefer store.


see also:
core dump store 

[11] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

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
     
     
see also:
main memory ram ferrite core memory ibm unix hackers 
paged in paged out core dump store jargon file 
integrated circuit microprocessor cpu cache memory management unit 
arm6 arm7 arm8 kernel libraries 

[12] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

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