Prime

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
* E-Prime, a modified English syntax and vocabulary lacking all forms of the verb "to be"
* 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, a method of starting a liquid pump running see pump
* 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

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 (Transformers), a title used by Autobot leaders in Transformers, most notably Optimus Prime and Rodimus Prime
* , 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

Acronyms

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

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