For an abelian variety $A$ over a $p$-adic field, the Tamagawa number of $A$ is the number of connected components of its Néron model.
For a smooth projective curve $X/\Q$ the Tamagawa number of $X$ at at a prime $p$ is the Tamagawa number of the base change of its Jacobian to the field $\Q_p$.
It is a positive integer that is equal to 1 at all primes of good reduction for the Jacobian; it may also be 1 at primes of bad reduction.
The product of the Tamagawa numbers over all primes is a positive integer known as the Tamagawa product.
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