Core
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Core may refer to:
- core, the single seed in the center of a cherry, peach, plum, olive, avocado or other fruit.
- specifically, an apple core.
- planetary core, in planetary science, the center of a planet
- Core (or Kore), an alias of the goddess Persephone.
It may also refer to:
[edit] Science and academics
- Core (group), in mathematics, an object in group theory
- Core (functional analysis), in mathematics, a subset of the domain of a closable operator
- core (graph theory), in mathematics, the homomorphically minimal subgraph of a graph
- Core of a triangulated category in mathematics
- Core (economics), the collection of stable allocations that no coalition can improve upon
- Solar core, the region of the Sun where nuclear fusion takes place
- Lithic core, in archaeology, a stone artifact left over from toolmaking
- Core curriculum, in education, an essential part of the curriculum
- Core sample, in Earth science, a sample obtained by coring
- Core countries, in dependency theory, an industrialized country on which peripheral countries depend
- Core (anatomy), everything except the appendages
[edit] Computers and technology
- Semiconductor intellectual property core, part of a CPU design
- Multi-core (computing), a type of microprocessor design in which multiple processors coexist on the same chip
- Intel Core, in computing, a family of CPUs released by Intel
- Magnetic core memory, in computing, the primary memory
- Core dump, in computing, a record of the core memory
- Nuclear reactor core, a portion containing the fuel components
- Magnetic core, in electricity and electronics, ferromagnetic material around which wires are wound
- The signal-carrying portion of an optical fiber
- Foundry core or mold core used in casting processes (see sand casting and investment casting for applications)
- In programming languages, the parts of a language that are conventionally made available by all implementations of the language
- In computer networking, the main data transfer backbone of a network in certain topologies.
[edit] Media
- Core (album), by Stone Temple Pilots
- Core (Persefone album)
- Core (radio station), a digital radio station in the United Kingdom
- 90.3 The Core RLC-WVPH, a radio station in Piscataway, New Jersey
- The Core, a 2003 science fiction film
- Core Design, a videogame developer best known for the Tomb Raider series
- C.O.R.E., a computer animation studio
[edit] Places
- Core, San Diego, California, a neighborhood in the United States
[edit] Charities
- Core (Charity) is the working name of the Digestive Disorders Foundation, the only national UK charity funding research into all aspects of gut, liver and pancreatic diseases.
[edit] Acronyms
- Central Organization For Railway Electrification, an organization in India
- Congress of Racial Equality, United States civil rights organization
- Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education, United States non-profit organization
- Coordinated Online Register of Electors, central database in the United Kingdom
- Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) of the Catholic University in Louvain-la-Neuve, Walloon Region of Belgium
- Challenge of Reverse Engineering, a warez group
- Comment on Reproductive Ethics, a British pressure group
- China Open Resources for Education, an OpenCourseWare organization in China