Prime

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Prime can refer to:

• Prime number, an integer greater than 1 which is only divisible by 1 and itself
• Prime (symbol), the ′ mark
  • 3′ end and 5′ end ("three prime end", "five prime end") in biochemistry
• Prime (liturgy), a liturgical office (service or ceremony)
• Prime element, in the integral domain of mathematics
• Prime form in music
• Prime ideal, subset of a ring in mathematics
• Prime knot, a knot that cannot be written as the knot sum of two nontrivial knots
• Prime lens, having a fixed focal length
• Prime 3-manifold, a 3-manifold that cannot be written as the connect sum of two nontrivial 3-manifolds.
• Prime model, a model as simple as possible in mathematical model theory
• Prime rate
• Prime time
• Prime (lending market sector), within which lending product providors are focused on selling products (mortgage, loan or credit card) to the individual who is high-value and/or has a good credit history - as opposed to the subprime market sector.
• Prime Minister, the highest Executive Office with real powers in certain governments

[edit] Popular culture and trademarks

• Prime Computer, a producer of minicomputers from 1972 until 1992
• Prime (novel), a novel by Poppy Z. Brite
• Metroid Prime, a series of games in the popular franchise Metroid
• Prime, a title used by Autobot leaders in Transformers, most notably Optimus Prime and Rodimus Prime
• Uru: Ages Beyond Myst, an adventure game for the PC developed by Cyan Worlds
• Prime (comics), a comics character
• Prime (film), a romantic comedy
• The Primes is another name for the Dyson Aliens in Peter Hamilton's Commonwealth Saga
• Prime (planet) may be used to distinguish an important planet in works of science fiction, as in Centauri Prime or Giedi Prime
• Prime F.C., a Nigerian Football Club

[edit] Acronyms

• Programme for Rebuilding and IMproving Existing schools - a programme of the Singapore Ministry of Education.

[edit] Television networks

Prime TV can refer to one of the following television channels:

• AFN Prime, part of American Forces Network for US service members overseas. This stream is divided into three feeds: AFN Prime Atlantic, AFN Prime Freedom Middle East, and AFN Prime Pacific
• Prime Television, a television network in Australia
• Prime Television New Zealand
• TVtropolis, a CanWest-owned Canadian television channel previously known as Prime
• Prime Network, a defunct cable sports network in the United States
• Prime Televisie, a Flemish pay television channel