What is core

See synonyms for core on Thesaurus. Also called magnetic core. Compare flake tool. Compare crust def. Also called reactor core. Also called main memory, RAM. Compare onset def. We could talk until we're blue in the face about this quiz on words for the color "blue," but we think you should take the quiz and find out if you're a whiz at these colorful terms.

Origin of core 1 First recorded in —; —50 for def. Words nearby core corduroy road , corduroys , cordwain , cordwainer , cordwood , core , Corea , core barrel , corecipient , core city , corecleisis. Origin of core 2 —; Middle English chor e dance, company of dancers or singers. See chorus. Classical Mythology. Congress of Racial Equality. For example, the Intel Core iU processor does not have seven cores.

This article is part of the Tom's Hardware Glossary. Scharon Harding has a special affinity for gaming peripherals especially monitors , laptops and virtual reality. Previously, she covered business technology, including hardware, software, cyber security, cloud and other IT happenings, at Channelnomics, with bylines at CRN UK.

Scharon Harding. A CPU can have multiple cores. A processor with two cores is called a dual-core processor; with four cores, a quad-core ; six cores, hexa-core ; eight cores, octa-core. As of , the majority of consumer CPUs feature between two and twelve cores. Workstation and server CPUs may feature as many as Each core of a CPU can perform operations separately from the others.