Core or cores may refer to:

Science and technology

* Core (anatomy), everything except the appendages * Core (laboratory), a highly specialized shared research resource * Core (manufacturing), used in casting and molding * Core (optical fiber), the signal-carrying portion of an optical fiber * Core, the central part of a fruit * Hydrophobic core, the interior zone of a protein * Nuclear reactor core, a portion containing the fuel components * Pit (nuclear weapon) or core, the fissile material in a nuclear weapon * Semiconductor intellectual property core (IP core), is a unit of design in ASIC/FPGA electronics and IC manufacturing * Atomic core, an atom with no valence electrons * Lithic core, in archaeology, a stone artifact left over from toolmaking

Geology and astrophysics

* Core sample, in Earth science, a sample obtained by coring ** Ice core * Core, the central part of a galaxy; see Mass deficit * Core (anticline), the central part of an anticline or syncline * Planetary core, the center of a planet ** Earth's inner core ** Earth's outer core * Stellar core, the region of a star where nuclear fusion takes place ** Solar core

Computing

* Core Animation, a data visualization API used in macOS * Core dump, the recorded state of a running program * Intel Core, 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, the primary memory technology used before semiconductor memory *

Central processing unit A central processing unit (CPU), also called a central processor, main processor, or just processor, is the primary Processor (computing), processor in a given computer. Its electronic circuitry executes Instruction (computing), instructions ...

(CPU), called a ''core'' ** Multi-core processor, a microprocessor with multiple CPUs on one integrated circuit chip * Server Core, a minimalist Microsoft Windows Server installation option

Mathematics

* Core (game theory), the collection of stable allocations that no coalition can improve upon * Core (graph theory), the homomorphically minimal subgraph of a graph * Core (group theory), an object in group theory * Core of a triangulated category * Core, an essential domain of a closed operator; see Unbounded operator * Core, a radial kernel of a subset of a vector space; see Algebraic interior

Arts, entertainment and media

* ''Core'' (novel), a 1993 science fiction novel by Paul Preuss * Core (radio station), a defunct digital radio station in the United Kingdom * 90.3 The Core RLC- WVPH, a radio station in Piscataway, New Jersey, US * ''C.O.R.E.'' (video game), a 2009 NDS game * ''Core'' (video game), a video game with integrated game creation system * Core (DC Comics), a fictional character from DC Comics * "CORE", an area in the Underground in the video game '' Undertale'' * "The Core", an episode of '' The Transformers'' cartoon

Film and television

* ''Cores'' (film), a 2012 film * '' The Core'', a 2003 science fiction film * ''The Core'', the 2006–2007 name for the programming block on Five currently known as '' Shake!''

Music

* ''Core'' (album), by Stone Temple Pilots, 1992 * Core (band), an American stoner rock band * ''Core'', a 2006 album by Persefone * "Core", a song by Susumu Hirasawa from Paranoia Agent Original Soundtrack * "The Core", a song from Eric Clapton's 1977 album '' Slowhand'' * "CORE", a track from the soundtrack of the 2015 video game ''Undertale'' by Toby Fox

Organizations

* Core International, a defunct American computer and technology corporation * Core Design, a videogame developer best known for the ''Tomb Raider'' series * Coordenadoria de Recursos Especiais, Brazilian state police SWAT team * Digestive Disorders Foundation, working name Core * 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 * Community Organized Relief Effort, a non-profit organization providing humanitarian relief * Congress of Racial Equality, United States civil rights organization * CORE (research service), a UK-based aggregator of open access content * C.O.R.E., a computer animation studio * CORE System Trust, see CORE-OM

Places

United States

* Core, San Diego, a neighborhood in California * Core, West Virginia * Core Banks, North Carolina * Core Sound, North Carolina

Other places

* Corés, a parish in Spain * The Core Shopping Centre (Calgary), Alberta, Canada * The Core, a shopping centre in Leeds, England, on the site of Schofields

People

* Earl Lemley Core (1902–1984), West Virginia botanist * Ericson Core, American director and cinematographer * Leopoldine Core, American poet and short story writer

Other uses

* Core (architecture) * Co-ordinated On-line Record of Electors, central database in the United Kingdom * Coree or Cores, a Native American tribe * Korah, a biblical figure * Leadership core, concept in Chinese politics * Persephone, a Greek goddess also known as Kore or Cora (Greek κόρη = daughter) * Core countries, in dependency theory, an industrialized country on which peripheral countries depend * Core curriculum, in education, an essential part of the curriculum * CORE (Clinical Outcomes in Routine Use) System, see CORE-OM