Base

Base or BASE may refer to:

In computing:

• BASE (search engine), Bielefeld Academic Search Engine
• Basically Available, Soft state, Eventual consistency (BASE), a consistency model
• Google Base, an online database provided by Google
• OpenOffice.org Base, OpenOffice.org's database module, also known as ooBase
• an HTML element <base>

In mathematics:

• Base (geometry), a side of a plane figure (for example a triangle)
• Base (group theory), a sequence of distinct elements of a set
• Base (exponentiation) or radix, the b in bⁿ
• Base (topology), a topological space
• Radix or base, the number of distinct digits in a positional numeral system

In science:

• Base (chemistry), a substance that can accept hydrogen ions (protons)
• An attribute to medication in uncombined form, for example erythromycin base
• Beta-alumina solid electrolyte, a fast ion conductor material

In other uses:

• Base (baseball), the first, second, and third base on a baseball diamond
• Base (company), an international design, communications, audiovisual, copywriting and publishing firm
• Base (politics), a group of voters who almost always support a single party's candidates
• Base, Maharashtra, village in India
• BASE (mobile), a Belgian mobile telecommunications operator
• Bedini Audio Spectral Enhancer, an audio signal processor used in the early 1990s
• Cooking base, a concentrated flavouring compound
• Binder (material), a material that holds paint or other materials together
• Foundation (cosmetics), a cosmetic applied to the face
• Foundation (architecture)
• Military base, or non-military base, which provides shelter, military equipment and personnel
• Pedestal, a supporting feature of a statue or other item
• Budapest Aircraft Services' callsign
• Bible Archaeology Search and Exploration Institute
• Base, a type of connection on a transistor
• Base, a position in some cheerleading stunts

People with the surname

• Rob Base, American rapper

See also

• Base pair, a pair of connected nucleotides on complementary DNA and RNA strands
• Nucleobase, in genetics, the parts of DNA and RNA involved in forming base pairs
• Bipolar junction transistor, Base Switch that controls current in a transistor
• Base and superstructure (Marxism)
• BASE jumping
• Business Association of Stanford Entrepreneurial Students, BASES
• Bases (disambiguation)
• Basis (disambiguation)
• Bass (disambiguation)
• Bottom (disambiguation)