Engine (disambiguation)

An engine is a device that converts potential energy into mechanical work.

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 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

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 (boogie-rock band), a British boogie-rock band, active between 1979 and 1997
• Engine (band), an American metal band fronted by Ray Alder
• Engine (American Music Club album), 1987
• Engine (Engine album), 1999
• Engine (Jinn album), 2010
• Engine (Loudness album), 1999

See also

• Motor (disambiguation), a device which converts electrical or hydraulic energy into motion
• Fire apparatus, a vehicle used to assist in fighting fires