Core

Core or cores may refer to:

Science and technology

Core (anatomy), everything except the appendages
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, containing the kernels or seeds.
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, abbreviated to IP core, is a unit of design in ASIC/FPGA electronics and IC manufacturing
Atomic core, an atom without valence electrons

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

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
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
Server Core, a minimalistic Microsoft Windows Server installation option

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

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!

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
Congress of Racial Equality, United States civil rights organization
COnnecting REpositories (CORE), UK-based aggregator of open access content
C.O.R.E., a computer animation studio
CORE System Trust, see CORE-OM

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
Lithic core, in archaeology, a stone artifact left over from toolmaking
CORE (Clinical Outcomes in Routine Use) System, see CORE-OM