Prime
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Prime can refer to:
- Prime number, a natural number which is only divisible by 1 and itself
- Prime (symbol), the ′ mark
- 3′ end and 5′ end ("three prime end", "five prime end") in biochemistry
- Prime (liturgy), a liturgical office (service or ceremony)
- Prime element, in the integral domain of mathematics
- Prime form in music
- Prime ideal, subset of a ring in mathematics
- Prime knot, a knot which cannot be written as the knot sum of two nontrivial knots
- Prime lens, having a fixed focal length
- Prime rate
- Prime time
- Prime (lending market sector), within which lending product providors are focused on selling products (mortgage, loan or credit card) to the individual who is high-value and/or has a good credit history - as opposed to the subprime market sector.
- Prime Minister, the highest Executive Office with real powers in certain governments.
[edit] Popular culture and trademarks
- Prime Computer, a producer of minicomputers from 1972 until 1992
- Prime (planet), a designation of a planet relative to its system in Science Fiction.
- Prime (novel), a novel by Poppy Z. Brite
- Metroid Prime, a series of games in the popular franchise Metroid
- A title used by Autobot leaders in Transformers, most notably Optimus Prime and Rodimus Prime
- Uru: Ages Beyond Myst, an adventure game for the PC developed by Cyan Worlds
- Prime (comics), a comics character
- Prime (film), a romantic comedy
[edit] Acronyms
[edit] Television networks
Prime TV can refer to one of the following television channels:
- Prime Television, a television network in Australia
- Prime Television New Zealand
- TVtropolis, a CanWest-owned Canadian television channel previously known as Prime
- Prime Network, a defunct cable sports network in the United States