# 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
* 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 (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", 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

## 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