What is Core?
{{wiktionary|Core}} {{TOCright}} '''Core''' generally is the [[heart]] or inner part of a thing, as of a [[column]], [[wall]], rope, of a boil, etc.; especially, the central part of [[fruit]], containing the [[kernel]]s or [[seed]]s; as, the core of an apple or [[quince]]. Core could mean: In '''media''': * [[Core (album)|''Core'' (album)]], an album by [[Stone Temple Pilots]] * [[Core (Persefone album)|''Core'' (Persefone album)]] * [[Core (radio station)]], a digital radio station in the United Kingdom * ''[[The Core]]'', a 2003 science fiction film * [[Core Design]], a videogame developer best known for the ''Tomb Raider'' series * [[C.O.R.E.]], a computer animation studio In '''science and academics''': * [[Core (group)]], in mathematics, an object in group theory * [[Core (functional analysis)]], in mathematics, a subset of the domain of a closable operator * [[core (graph theory)]], in mathematics, the homomorphically minimal subgraph of a graph * [[triangulated category|core]] of a triangulated category in mathematics. * [[Core (economics)]], the collection of stable allocations that no coalition can improve upon * [[Planetary core]], in planetary science, the center of a planet ** [[Earth's core]] * [[Solar core]], the region of the Sun where nuclear fusion takes place * [[Lithic core]], in archaeology, a stone artifact left over from toolmaking * [[Core curriculum]], in education, an essential part of the curriculum * [[Core sample]], in Earth science, a sample obtained by coring * [[Core countries]], in dependency theory, an industrialized country on which peripheral countries depend * [[Core (anatomy)]], in anatomy is everything except the appendages. In '''computers and technology''': *[[Semiconductor intellectual property core]], part of a CPU design *[[Multi-core (computing)]], a type of microprocessor design in which multiple processors coexist on the same chip * [[Intel Core]], in processors, a brand of computer processor * [[Magnetic core memory]], in computing, the primary memory * [[Core