Engine (disambiguation)
An engine is a device that converts one form of energy into mechanical energy.
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Engine may also refer to:
In thermodynamics
- Heat engine, a physical or theoretical device that converts thermal energy to mechanical output
- Reciprocating engine, a heat engine that uses one or more pistons
- Internal combustion engine, an engine in which the combustion of fuel and an oxidizer occurs in a confined space
- Diesel engine
- Wankel engine, a type of internal combustion engine
- Pulse jet engine, an internal combustion engine wherein the combustion occurs in pulses
- External combustion engine, an engine where an internal fluid is heated through the engine wall or a heat exchanger
- Steam engine, an external combustion engine that converts steam expansion into mechanical work
- Carnot heat engine, a hypothetical engine that operates on the reversible Carnot cycle
- Stirling engine, a closed-cycle regenerative hot-air engine
In rail transport
- Locomotive, the car of a train that carries the actual engine(s) and pulls/pushes the rest of the train
- Electric locomotive, a locomotive which carries the electric motors of a train
In warfare
In computer science
- Database engine, software that manipulates database contents internally
- Engine (computer science), a construct providing timed preemption
- Software engine, an input/output system where the output is of a different order than the input, such as the conversion of HTML to a rendered page
- Search engine, an information-retrieval system designed to find information on a computer system
- Game engine, the core software component of a computer or video game
- Layout engine, software that formats web content for display on a screen
- Rendering engine, software or hardware which converts specifications for images into pixels
- Ray-tracing engine, software which renders a scene by tracing simulated rays of light
- Polymorphic engine or mutation engine, an early conceptual or mechanical calculating device
- Difference engine, a mechanical calculator designed to tabulate polynomial functions
- Analytical Engine, a concept for a computer, designed by Charles Babbage
- Chess engine, a computer program that analyses chess positions and makes decisions on the best chess moves
In literature
- The Engine, a fictional device described in Gulliver's Travels
- Engines (children's book), a 1959 science book for children by L. Sprague de Camp
In television
- Engine, a giant living machine in the Japanese Super Sentai TV series Engine Sentai Go-onger
- Engine (TV series), a Japanese television drama starring Takuya Kimura
In music
- Engine (UK band), a British boogie-rock band, active between 1979 and 1997
- Engine (US band), an American metal band fronted by Ray Alder
- Engine (Engine album), the band's 1999 debut album
- Engine (American Music Club album), 1987
- Engine (Jinn album), 2010
- Engine (Loudness album), 1999
Others
- Fire engine: a vehicle used by firefighters
See also
- Motor (disambiguation), a device which converts electrical or hydraulic energy into motion
- Fire apparatus, a vehicle used to assist in fighting fires
- ingen (disambiguation)
- NGEN (disambiguation)
- Template engine (disambiguation)
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