Base or BASE may refer to:

Brands and enterprises

BASE (mobile operator) Base (stylized as BASE) is the third largest of Belgium's three mobile telecommunications operators. It is a subsidiary of Telenet. It competes with Proximus and Orange Belgium. It was previously owned by KPN and sold to Telenet in 2015. History ...

, a Belgian mobile telecommunications operator *

Base CRM Base CRM (originally Future Simple or PipeJump, now Zendesk) is an enterprise software company based in Mountain View, California with R&D offices located in Kraków, Poland. It provides a web-based all-in-one sales platform that features tools f ...

, an enterprise software company founded in 2009 with offices in Mountain View and Kraków, Poland * Base Design, an international design, communications, audiovisual, copywriting and publishing firm *

Base FX Base FX is a visual effects and animation company with production studios in Beijing, Kuala Lumpur, Wuxi and Xiamen, and an office in Los Angeles. The company was founded in 2006 and has completed more than 150 films. Base FX specializes in high- ...

, a visual effects and animation company founded in 2006 with studios in Beijing, Wuxi and Xiamen, China *

Budapest Aircraft Services BASe Airlines Zrt., formerly also named ''Budapest Aircraft Service'', is a Hungarian regional airline based at Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport in Budapest. Besides charter services it operates public service obligation routes. Histo ...

, callsign BASE

Computing

BASE (search engine) BASE (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine) is a multi-disciplinary search engine to scholarly internet resources, created by Bielefeld University Library in Bielefeld, Germany. It is based on free and open-source software such as Apache Solr and Vu ...

, Bielefeld Academic Search Engine *, an

HTML element An HTML element is a type of HTML (HyperText Markup Language) document component, one of several types of HTML nodes (there are also text nodes, comment nodes and others). The first used version of HTML was written by Tim Berners-Lee in 199 ...

*Basically Available, Soft state,

Eventual consistency Eventual consistency is a consistency model used in distributed computing to achieve high availability. Put simply: if no new updates are made to a given data item, ''eventually'' all accesses to that item will return the last updated value. Eve ...

(BASE), a consistency model *

Google Base Google Base was a database provided by Google which allowed users to add content such as text, images, and structured information in formats such as XML, PDF, Excel, RTF, or WordPerfect. Google Base was launched in 2005 and downgraded to Google ...

, an online database provided by Google *

LibreOffice Base LibreOffice Base is a free and open-source database development and administration tool for relational database management systems that is part of the LibreOffice suite. LibreOffice Base was built off of a fork of OpenOffice.org and was first ...

, LibreOffice's database module * OpenOffice.org Base, OpenOffice.org's database module, also known as ooBase

Mathematics

* Base of computation, commonly called ''radix'', the number of distinct digits in a positional numeral system *

Base of a logarithm In mathematics, the logarithm of a number is the exponent by which another fixed value, the base, must be raised to produce that number. For example, the logarithm of to base is , because is to the rd power: . More generally, if , then ...

, the number whose logarithm is *

Base (exponentiation) In mathematics, exponentiation, denoted , is an operation involving two numbers: the ''base'', , and the ''exponent'' or ''power'', . When is a positive integer, exponentiation corresponds to repeated multiplication of the base: that is, i ...

, the number in an expression of the form *

Base (geometry) In geometry, a base is a side of a polygon or a face of a polyhedron, particularly one oriented perpendicular to the direction in which height is measured, or on what is considered to be the "bottom" of the figure. This term is commonly applied ...

, a side of a plane figure (for example a triangle) or face of a solid *

Base (group theory) Let G be a finite permutation group acting on a set \Omega. A sequence :B = beta_1,\beta_2,...,\beta_k/math> of ''k ''distinct elements of \Omega is a base for G if the only element of G which fixes every \beta_i \in B pointwise is the identit ...

, a sequence of elements not jointly stabilized by any nontrivial group element. *

Base (topology) In mathematics, a base (or basis; : bases) for the topology of a topological space is a family \mathcal of open subsets of such that every open set of the topology is equal to the union of some sub-family of \mathcal. For example, the set of ...

, a type of generating set for a topological space

Organizations

* Backward Society Education, a Nepali non-governmental organization *

BASE (social centre) Base for Anarchy & Solidarity in Easton, commonly known as BASE, is an anarchist community co-operative and self-managed social centre in Easton, Bristol, Easton, Bristol, England. Formerly known as Kebele, the building was squatted in 1995. ...

, a self-managed social centre in Bristol, UK * Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management, a German federal environmental authority * Beaverton Academy of Science and Engineering, in Hillsboro, Oregon, US * Bible Archaeology Search and Exploration Institute * British Association for Screen Entertainment * Brooklyn Academy of Science and the Environment, a high school in New York, US

Science and technology

Base (chemistry) In chemistry, there are three definitions in common use of the word "base": '' Arrhenius bases'', '' Brønsted bases'', and '' Lewis bases''. All definitions agree that bases are substances that react with acid An acid is a molecule o ...

, a substance that can accept hydrogen ions (protons) *Base, an attribute to medication in pure form, for example erythromycin base *Base, one of the three terminals of a

Bipolar junction transistor A bipolar junction transistor (BJT) is a type of transistor that uses both electrons and electron holes as charge carriers. In contrast, a unipolar transistor, such as a field-effect transistor (FET), uses only one kind of charge carrier. A ...

BASE experiment BASE (Baryon Antibaryon Symmetry Experiment), AD-8, is a multinational collaboration at the Antiproton Decelerator facility at CERN, Geneva. The goal of the Japanese and German BASE collaboration are high-precision investigations of the fundamen ...

, an antiproton experiment at CERN *

Base pair A base pair (bp) is a fundamental unit of double-stranded nucleic acids consisting of two nucleobases bound to each other by hydrogen bonds. They form the building blocks of the DNA double helix and contribute to the folded structure of both DNA ...

, a pair of connected nucleotides on complementary DNA and RNA strands *

Beta-alumina solid electrolyte Beta-alumina solid electrolyte (BASE) is a fast-ion conductor material used as a membrane in several types of molten salt electrochemical cell. Currently there is no known substitute available. β-Alumina exhibits an unusual layered crystal struct ...

, a fast ion conductor material *

Nucleobase Nucleotide bases (also nucleobases, nitrogenous bases) are nitrogen-containing biological compounds that form nucleosides, which, in turn, are components of nucleotides, with all of these monomers constituting the basic building blocks of nuc ...

, in genetics, the parts of DNA and RNA involved in forming base pairs * Base (blockchain), an Ethereum layer 2 blockchain

Social science

Base (politics) In politics, a candidate or party's base or core support refers to the voters who support them for elected office based on core values. On the left–right political spectrum, left-leaning bases tend to be liberal while right-leaning bases tend to ...

, a group of voters who almost always support a single party's candidates * Base (social class), a lower social class * Base and superstructure (Marxism), parts of society in Marxist theory

Sports

Base (baseball) A baseball field, also called a ball field or baseball diamond, is the field upon which the game of baseball is played. The term can also be used as a metonym for a baseball park. The term sandlot is sometimes used, although this usually refers ...

, a station that must be touched by a runner *Base, a position in some

cheerleading Cheerleading is an activity in which the participants (called cheerleaders) cheer for their team as a form of encouragement. It can range from chanting slogans to intense Physical exercise, physical activity. It can be performed to motivate s ...

stunts *

BASE jumping BASE jumping () is the recreational sport of jumping from fixed objects, using a parachute to descend to the ground. BASE is an acronym that stands for four categories of fixed objects from which one can jump: buildings, antenna (radio), antenna ...

, parachuting or wingsuit flying from a fixed structure or cliff *Base, a variant name for the children's game

darebase Darebase or dare base, also known as prisoners' base Chevy Chace, or Release the Prisoner and originally as bars, base or prisoners' bars, is a tag game between two or more teams on an open field that places a premium on speed and agility. Dar ...

Other uses

* Base (character), character in Marvel Comics * ''Base'' (EP), an album by South Korean singer Kim Jonghyun * Base, Maharashtra, a village in India *

Rob Base Rob or ROB may refer to: Places * Rob, Velike Lašče, a settlement in Slovenia * Republic of Belarus People * Rob (given name), a given name or nickname, e.g., for Robert(o), Robin/Robyn * Rob (surname) * ''Rob.'', taxonomic author abbrevia ...

, American rapper *Base, or

binder (material) A binder or binding agent is any material or substance that holds or draws other materials together to form a cohesive whole mechanically, chemically, by adhesion or cohesion. More narrowly, binders are liquid or dough-like substances that harde ...

, a material that holds paint or other materials together *Base, or

foundation (architecture) In engineering, a foundation is the element of a structure which connects it to the ground or more rarely, water (as with floating structures), transferring loads from the structure to the ground. Foundations are generally considered either ...

, the lowest and supporting layer of a structure *Base, or

foundation (cosmetics) Foundation is a liquid, cream, or powder makeup applied to the face and neck to create an even, uniform color to the complexion, cover flaws and sometimes change the natural human skin color, skin tone. Some foundations also function as a moistur ...

, a cosmetic applied to the face *

Base (heraldry) The :wikt:base, base, more formally the terrace in base or :wikt:champagne, champagne, is a heraldic Charge (heraldry), charge that occupies the lower third of the field. It is in that sense the inverse correlate of the Chief (heraldry), chief. I ...

, the lower part of the shield in heraldry *Base, or

pedestal A pedestal or plinth is a support at the bottom of a statue, vase, column, or certain altars. Smaller pedestals, especially if round in shape, may be called socles. In civil engineering, it is also called ''basement''. The minimum height o ...

, a supporting feature of a statue or other item *

Cooking base Cooking base, sometimes called soup base, is a concentrated flavoring compound used in place of stock (food), stock for the creation of soups, sauces, and gravy, gravies. Since it can be purchased rather than prepared fresh, it is commonly used in r ...

, a concentrated flavouring compound *

Military base A military base is a facility directly owned and operated by or for the military or one of its branches that shelters military equipment and personnel, and facilitates training and operations. A military base always provides accommodations for ...

, or non-military base camp, a bivouac which provides shelter, military equipment and personnel