Core

Core or cores may refer to:

Science and technology

 * Core (anatomy), everything except the appendages
 * 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", 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 2006–2007 name for the programming block on Five currently known as Shake!

Music

 * Core (band), an American stoner rock band
 * Core (Stone Temple Pilots album), 1992
 * Core (Persefone album), 2006
 * "Core", a song by Susumu Hirasawa from Paranoia Agent Original Soundtrack
 * "The Core", 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., a computer animation studio
 * CORE System Trust, see CORE-OM

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

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