Etymology

kernelization

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Today it means: A technique for creating algorithms for fixed-parameter tractable problems, involving a preprocessing stage in which inputs to the algorithm are replaced by a smaller input, called a kernel. Full definition →

English kernel ← Middle English kirnel ← Old English cyrnel
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵerh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵr̥h₂-nós
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ǵr̥h₂nóm
  4. Proto-Germanic*kurną
  5. Proto-West Germanic*korn
  6. Proto-West Germanic*kurnil
  7. Old Englishcyrnel
  8. Middle Englishkirnel
  9. Englishkernel
  10. English todaykernelization

From kernel + -ization.

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