Prime (disambiguation)

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A prime or prime number is a natural number that has exactly two distinct natural number divisors: 1 and itself.

Prime (Latin for "first") or the acronym PRIME may also refer to:

In mathematics:

Relatively prime, two numbers whose greatest common divisor is 1
Prime element
Prime form of a Riemann surface
Prime (symbol), the ′ mark, typically used as a suffix
Prime 3-manifold, a 3-manifold that cannot be written as the connect sum of two nontrivial 3-manifolds
Prime ideal, a subset of a ring
Prime knot, a knot that cannot be written as the knot sum of two non-trivial knots in knot theory
Prime model, as simple a model as possible in model theory

In science and technology:

X-23 PRIME, an experimental re-entry vehicle
PRIME (PLC), a power line communication standard
Prime Computer, a producer of minicomputers from 1972 until 1992, whose logo was stylized as Pr1me Computer
Directionality (molecular biology), 3′ (3 prime) and 5′ (5 prime) ends in biochemistry

In popular culture:

In television:

Prime time, a block of slots each evening in broadcast programming
AFN Prime, part of the American Forces Network
BBC Prime, a television channel in Europe and the Middle East
Prime Network, a defunct cable sports network in the United States
Prime Televisie, a Flemish pay television channel
Prime Media Group, an Australian media corporation
Prime Television, a television network in Australia owned by Prime Media
Prime (New Zealand)
Prime, a Canadian television channel owned by Shaw; now known as DTour and formerly as TVtropolis

In other uses:

Prime F.C., a Nigerian football club
Prime, Inc., an American trucking company
Prime Transport Limited, Pakistani company
Prime (liturgy), the first of the canonical hours
Prime version, the original version of an artwork existing in several versions
Prime Group, a Swedish strategic communication consultancy
Programme for Rebuilding and IMproving Existing schools, a programme of the Singapore Ministry of Education
Peg Restrained Intrinsic Muscle Evaluator, a device for measuring the strength of intrinsic hand muscles
Priming, to start up a pump, see pump#Priming a pump
Prime (percussion), to lightly strike an instrument such as a gong in preparation for playing
Prime, a term in social cognition referring to an environmental trigger of cognitive processes, see John Bargh#Influence of unconsciously perceived stimuli
USS Prime, two ships of the U.S. Navy
Prime, the professional StarCraft II team

People with the surname