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core: n. Main storage or RAM. Dates from the days of ferrite-core memory
Core storage: A receptacle for the center section of apples. -- Computing Definitio
Core Wars: n. A game between `assembler' programs in a simulated machine, where the objective is to kill your opponent's program by overwriting it.
Popularized by A. K. Dewdney's column i...
corge: /korj/ [originally, the name of a cat] n. Yet another {metasyntactic variable}, invented by Mike Gallaher and propagated by the {GOSMACS} documentation.
See {grault}. -- The AI Hacke...
Corkscrew: The best thing with which to open a conversation...
Cornelia. What flowers are these? Gazetta. The pansy this.
Cor. Oh, that 's for lovers' thoughts. -- George Chapman (1557-1634) -- All Fools, Act ii, Sc. 1...
Corn Flakes for breakfast? That's disgusting, man!
cornice: snow waiting for a climber to step on it before becoming an avalanche.
-- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982...
Corn is the sinews of war. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book i, Chap. xlvi
Corn oil is from corn, whale oil is from whales, baby oil... Naaa...

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