Core

Core may refer to:

Computers and technology

Core (manufacturing), used in casting and molding
Core (optical fiber), the signal-carrying portion of an optical fiber
Core Animation, in computing, a data visualization API used in Mac OS X
Core dump, in computing, is the recorded state of a running program
Core International, a defunct American computer and technology corporation
Intel Core, in computing, 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, in computing, the primary memory prior to semiconductor memory
Multi-core processor, a type of microprocessor design in which multiple processors coexist on the same chip
Nuclear reactor core, a portion containing the fuel components
Semiconductor intellectual property core, is a unit of design in ASIC/FPGA electronics and IC manufacturing
Server Core, a minimalistic Microsoft Windows Server installation option

Core (band), a stoner rock band
Core (novel), a 1993 science fiction novel by Paul Preuss
Core (Persefone album), 2006
Core (radio station), a defunct digital radio station in the United Kingdom
Core (Stone Temple Pilots album), 1992
Core Design, a videogame developer best known for the Tomb Raider series
Cores (film), a 2012 film
"Core", a song by Susumu Hirasawa from Paranoia Agent Original Soundtrack
90.3 The Core RLC-WVPH, a radio station in Piscataway, New Jersey
The Core, a 2003 science fiction film
The Core, the 2006–2007 name for the programming block on Five currently known as Shake!
"The Core", a song from Eric Clapton's 1977 album Slowhand
C.O.R.E., a computer animation studio
C.O.R.E. (video game), a 2009 NDS game
"CORE", an area in the Underground in the video game Undertale.
The Core, an episode of the cartoon The Transformers

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
Congress of Racial Equality, United States civil rights organization
COnnecting REpositories (CORE), UK-based aggregator of open access content
Co-ordinated On-line Record of Electors, central database in the United Kingdom

An essential domain of a closed operator; see Unbounded operator#Closed linear operators
A radial kernel of a subset of a vector space; see Algebraic interior

Core (game theory), the collection of stable allocations that no coalition can improve upon
Core (graph theory), in mathematics, the homomorphically minimal subgraph of a graph
Core (group theory), in mathematics, an object in group theory
Core of a triangulated category

Core countries, in dependency theory, an industrialized country on which peripheral countries depend
Core curriculum, in education, an essential part of the curriculum
Lithic core, in archaeology, a stone artifact left over from toolmaking

Core sample, in Earth science, a sample obtained by coring
- Ice core
Hydrophobic core, the interior zone of a protein
The central part of a galaxy; see Mass deficit
Planetary core, the center of a planet
- Inner core of the Earth
- Outer core of the Earth
Solar core, the region of the Sun where nuclear fusion takes place

Coordenadoria de Recursos Especiais, Brazilian state police SWAT team
Core (architecture)
Core, the working name of the Digestive Disorders Foundation
Earl Lemley Core (1902–1984), West Virginia botanist
Ericson Core, American director and cinematographer
Core, the suffix for musical styles with hardcore punk influence and origins
Korah, a biblical figure
Leadership core, concept in Chinese politics
Persephone, a Greek goddess also known as Kore or Cora (Greek κόρη = daughter)
The single seed in the center of a cherry, peach, plum, olive, avocado or other fruit