Core

Core or cores may refer to:

Science and technology

• Core (anatomy), everything except the appendages
• Core (laboratory), a highly specialized shared research resource
• Core (manufacturing), used in casting and molding
• Core (optical fiber), the signal-carrying portion of an optical fiber
• Core, the central part of a fruit
• Hydrophobic core, the interior zone of a protein
• Nuclear reactor core, a portion containing the fuel components
• Pit (nuclear weapon) or core, the fissile material in a nuclear weapon
• Semiconductor intellectual property core (IP core), is a unit of design in ASIC/FPGA electronics and IC manufacturing
• Atomic core, an atom with no valence electrons
• Lithic core, in archaeology, a stone artifact left over from toolmaking

Geology and astrophysics

• Core sample, in Earth science, a sample obtained by coring
  • Ice core
• Core, the central part of a galaxy; see Mass deficit
• Core (anticline), the central part of an anticline or syncline
• Planetary core, the center of a planet
  • Earth's inner core
  • Earth's outer core
• Stellar core, the region of a star where nuclear fusion takes place
  • Solar core

Computing

• Core Animation, a data visualization API used in macOS
• Core dump, the recorded state of a running program
• Intel Core, a family of single-core and multi-core 32-bit and 64-bit CPUs released by Intel
• Magnetic core, in electricity and electronics, ferromagnetic material around which wires are wound
  • Magnetic-core memory, the primary memory technology used before semiconductor memory
• Central processing unit (CPU), called a core
  • Multi-core processor, a microprocessor with multiple CPUs on one integrated circuit chip
• Server Core, a minimalist Microsoft Windows Server installation option

Mathematics

• Core (game theory), the collection of stable allocations that no coalition can improve upon
• Core (graph theory), the homomorphically minimal subgraph of a graph
• Core (group theory), an object in group theory
• Core of a triangulated category
• Core, an essential domain of a closed operator; see Unbounded operator
• Core, a radial kernel of a subset of a vector space; see Algebraic interior

Arts, entertainment and media

• Core (novel), a 1993 science fiction novel by Paul Preuss
• Core (radio station), a defunct digital radio station in the United Kingdom
• 90.3 The Core RLC-WVPH, a radio station in Piscataway, New Jersey, US
• C.O.R.E. (video game), a 2009 NDS game
• Core (video game), a video game with integrated game creation system
• Core (DC Comics), a fictional character from DC Comics
• The Core (Amphibia), a fictional character from the Amphibia TV series.
• "CORE", an area in the Underground in the video game Undertale
• "The Core", an episode of The Transformers cartoon

Film and television

• Cores (film), a 2012 film
• The Core, a 2003 science fiction film
• The Core, the 2000–2002 name for the programming block on Five currently known as Shake!

Music

• Core (album), by Stone Temple Pilots, 1992
• Core (band), an American stoner rock band
• Core, a 2006 album by Persefone
• "Core", a song by Susumu Hirasawa from Paranoia Agent Original Soundtrack
• "The Core" (song), a song from Eric Clapton's 1977 album Slowhand
• "CORE", a track from the soundtrack of the 2015 video game Undertale by Toby Fox

Organizations

• Core International, a defunct American computer and technology corporation
• Core Design, a videogame developer best known for the Tomb Raider series
• Coordenadoria de Recursos Especiais, Brazilian state police SWAT team
• Digestive Disorders Foundation, working name Core
• Center for Operations Research and Econometrics at the Université catholique de Louvain in Belgium
• Central Organisation for Railway Electrification, an organization in India
• China Open Resources for Education, an OpenCourseWare organization in China
• Community Organized Relief Effort, a non-profit organization providing humanitarian relief
• Congress of Racial Equality, United States civil rights organization
• CORE (research service), a UK-based aggregator of open access content
• C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures, a computer animation studio
• CORE System Trust, see CORE-OM

Places

United States

• Core, San Diego, a neighborhood in California
• Core, West Virginia
• Core Banks, North Carolina
• Core Sound, North Carolina

Other places

• Corés, a parish in Spain
• The Core Shopping Centre (Calgary), Alberta, Canada
• The Core, a shopping centre in Leeds, England, on the site of Schofields

People

• Earl Lemley Core (1902–1984), West Virginia botanist
• Ericson Core, American director and cinematographer
• Leopoldine Core, American poet and short story writer

Other uses

• Core (architecture)
• Co-ordinated On-line Record of Electors, central database in the United Kingdom
• Coree or Cores, a Native American tribe
• Korah, a biblical figure
• Leadership core, concept in Chinese politics
• Persephone, a Greek goddess also known as Kore or Cora (Greek κόρη = daughter)
• Core countries, in dependency theory, an industrialized country on which peripheral countries depend
• Core curriculum, in education, an essential part of the curriculum
• CORE (Clinical Outcomes in Routine Use) System, see CORE-OM

See also

• CORE (disambiguation)
• Corre (disambiguation)
• Corps (disambiguation)
• Corium (disambiguation)
• Kernel (disambiguation)
• Nucleus (disambiguation)