Core

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

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

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

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 2000–2002 name for the programming block on Five currently known as Shake!

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

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

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