Engine (disambiguation)

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An engine is a device that converts one form of energy into mechanical energy.

Engine may also refer to:

Thermodynamics

  • Heat engine, a physical or theoretical device that converts thermal energy to mechanical output
  • 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

Rail transport

  • Locomotive, the car of a train that carries the actual engine(s) and pulls/pushes the rest of the train

Computing

Software engines

  • Software engine, a core component of a complex software system
    • Browser engine, component of a web browser that renders web pages on a screen
    • Chess engine, software that analyzes a chess game and makes decisions
    • Database engine, software that manipulates database contents internally
    • Game engine, the core software component of a video game
    • JavaScript engine, component of a web browser that executes the page's JavaScript code
    • Polymorphic engine or mutation engine, a common component of malware
    • Search engine, an Internet service that provides information and links to relevant websites

Other

  • Engine (computer science), a construct providing timed preemption
  • Analytical Engine
    , a concept for a computer, designed by Charles Babbage
  • Difference engine, a mechanical calculator designed to tabulate polynomial functions

Literature

  • The Engine, a fictional device described in Gulliver's Travels
  • Engines (book), a 1959 science book for children by L. Sprague de Camp

Music

Television

  • Engine (TV series), a Japanese television drama starring Takuya Kimura
  • Engines (Engine Sentai Go-onger)
    , fictional machines in the TV series Engine Sentai Go-onger

Other uses

See also