nanokernel
Noun
Meaning
nanokernel (plural nanokernels)
(computing) A particularly small or minimal microkernel.
Examples
Both nanokernel and picokernel have subsequently come to have the same meaning expressed by the term microkernel.
There is also at least one case where the term nanokernel is used to refer not to a small kernel, but one that supports a nanosecond clock resolution.