What is meant by kernel in terms of python?

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What is meant by kernel in terms of pyhton?
Please explain in simple words .

Initially i once thought it is something related to jupyter notebooks only but later i saw that there was also kernel related setting in IDE(spyder)

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In the context of convolutional neural networks a kernel is a matrix by which you extract features from images, generally speaking a matrix which goes through the data to extract features.

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Hi @ABTJ ,

As you have discovered, the terms ‘kernel’ has a wide range of meanings, depending on the context it is used. In general terms, kernel means the most important part or the core of something.

Jupyter supports a range of programming languages through the use of kernels, where each kernel is the computation engine of a particular programming language; responsible for loading all the files, libraries, scheduling of resources for the execution of the code in a notebook written in that programming language. Popular Jupyter kernels include IPython ( interactive Python) for running code written in Python; and MATLAB for interactive displaying of visual images etc. Jupyter Kernels in an IDE would be expected to perform similar function but in an IDE environment.

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Thanks

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Thanks alot for your detailed and courteous response,