Computer "cores"

Devin, &quot;I've planted a virus deep in Eve's core to go off 50 years after our departure.&quot;<div><br /></div><div>We have all heard of <i>computer cores</i>... but what are they exactly?</div><div>What is considered &quot;deep&quot; in computer terms?</div><div>Is this a human term to understand computers core processing commands? Like the boot operating system...</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>