Base

{{Wiktionary|base|BASE}}

'''Base''' or '''BASE''' may refer to: {{TOC right}}

==Brands and enterprises== *BASE (mobile operator), a Belgian mobile telecommunications operator *Base CRM, 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, a visual effects and animation company founded in 2006 with studios in Beijing, Wuxi and Xiamen, China *Budapest Aircraft Services, callsign BASE

==Computing== *BASE (search engine), Bielefeld Academic Search Engine *{{tag|base|void}}, an HTML element *Basically Available, Soft state, Eventual consistency (BASE), a consistency model *Google Base, an online database provided by Google *LibreOffice Base, 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, the number whose logarithm is {{val|1}} *Base (exponentiation), the number {{math|''b''}} in an expression of the form {{math|''b''^''x''}} *Base (geometry), a side of a plane figure (for example a triangle) or face of a solid *Base (group theory), a sequence of elements not jointly stabilized by any nontrivial group element. *Base (topology), a type of generating set for a topological space

==Organizations== *Backward Society Education, a Nepali non-governmental organization *BASE (social centre), 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), 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 *BASE experiment, an antiproton experiment at CERN *Base pair, a pair of connected nucleotides on complementary DNA and RNA strands *Beta-alumina solid electrolyte, a fast ion conductor material *Nucleobase, in genetics, the parts of DNA and RNA involved in forming base pairs *Base (blockchain), an Ethereum layer 2 blockchain

==Social science== *Base (politics), a group of voters who almost always support a single party's candidates *Base and superstructure, parts of society in Marxist theory *''base'' slang / argot (cliques or sub-culture) for freebase cocaine

==Sports== *Base (baseball), a station that must be touched by a runner *Base, a position in some cheerleading stunts *BASE jumping, parachuting or wingsuit flying from a fixed structure or cliff *Base, a variant name for the children's game darebase

==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 (1967–2026), American rapper *Base, or binder (material), a material that holds paint or other materials together *Base, or foundation (architecture), the lowest and supporting layer of a structure *Base, or foundation (cosmetics), a cosmetic applied to the face *Base (heraldry), the lower part of the shield in heraldry *Base, or pedestal, a supporting feature of a statue or other item *Cooking base, a concentrated flavouring compound *Military base, or non-military base camp, a bivouac which provides shelter, military equipment and personnel * Base of operations (headquarters)

==See also== {{Wikisource1911Enc|Base}} *Base camp (disambiguation) *Bases (disambiguation) *Basis (disambiguation) *Bass (disambiguation) *Bottom (disambiguation) *Radix (disambiguation) *The Base (disambiguation) {{disambiguation|surname}}