Root (disambiguation)

A root is the part of a plant that is below ground.

Root or roots may also refer to:

Art, entertainment, and media

Koreni (novel) (English: The Roots), by Serbian author Dobrica Cosic
Roots (play), by Arnold Wesker
Roots: The Saga of an American Family, a 1976 novel by Alex Haley about slavery in the United States

"Roots" (Haven), a television episode
Root Sports, a sports television network in the United States
"Root", code name of a fictional hacker in the TV series Person of Interest
Roots (1977 miniseries), based upon the novel
Roots: The Next Generations, a 1979 sequel miniseries also based upon the novel
Roots: The Gift, a 1988 television film set between the second and third episodes of the original miniseries
Roots (2016 miniseries), a remake of the 1977 miniseries
.hack//Roots, a 2006 anime series created by Bee Train
"Roots", an episode of the television series One Day at a Time

/root, the Unix superuser's home directory in the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
ROOT, an object-oriented multipurpose data analysis package
root, a name for the superuser account in some operating systems
Root directory, the first or top-most directory in a hierarchy
Root node, the node in a tree data structure from which every other node is accessible
ROOTS (software), a series of genealogy programs

The nth root of a number
- Root of unity, a complex number which is an nth root of one
Root of an equation, a solution of the equation
Root of a function, more meaningfully called zero of a function, an argument for which the function evaluates to zero
Root of a polynomial, a zero of the corresponding polynomial function
Any of the elements of a root system of vectors
One designated vertex of a rooted tree in graph theory

Roots, Michigan, an unincorporated community in Henrietta Township, Jackson County
Root, New York, a town in Montgomery County
Root River (Minnesota)
Root River (Wisconsin)