Machine (disambiguation)

A machine is a device that uses energy to perform some activity or task. The mechanical aspects of machines, which involve forces and movement, are found at Machine (mechanical)

Machine can also refer to:

Computing

• Abstract machine, a theoretical model of a computer hardware or software system used in automata theory
• "machine", slang for computer or server
  • virtual machine, a computing machine implemented in software rather than directly in hardware
• Machines (video game), a 1999 real-time strategy game for Microsoft Windows

Music

• Machine (producer), an American music-producer
• Machine (band) a late-1970s American funk disco group
• The Machine (band), a US Pink Floyd tribute band formed in 1988
• Machine (Artension album), a 2000 album by neo-classical progressive metal band Artension
• Machine (Static-X album), a 2001 album by Static-X
• Machine (EP), a 2002 EP by Yeah Yeah Yeahs and also the title of a single from that EP
• "Machines (or 'Back to Humans')", a 1984 song by Queen
• "Machines" (song), a 2007 song by Biffy Clyro
• "The Machine" (song), a 2006 Angels and Airwaves song
• Machinery Records, a German record label founded in 1989
• "Machine" (Theatre of Tragedy song), a 2001 song by Norwegian gothic metal band Theatre of Tragedy
• "The Machines", a marching band work composed by Gary P. Gilroy
• "Machines", a song by The Jealous Girlfriends from The Jealous Girlfriends (album)
• Machine (Crack the Sky album), a 2010 album by Crack the Sky
• The Machine, a collaboration of other artists who provide backing music for Florence, i.e. Florence + The Machine

Sports

• Chicago Machine, a major league lacrosse team based in Bridgeport, Illinois.
• The Machine, nickname allegedly given to Pat Burrell of the San Francisco Giants [1], also connected with Brian Wilson
• The Machine, nickname for baseball player Albert Pujols
• The Machine, nickname for basketball player Sasha Vujačić
• The Machines (professional wrestling), a tag team in the 1980s

Others

• Machine (patent), one of the four statutory categories of patent-eligible subject matter under United States patent law
• Machine (novel), a 1930 Japanese novel by Riichi Yokomitsu
• Rube Goldberg machine, an especially elaborate or complex device
• Political machine, a vote-delivering and political power-broking system
• AMC Machine, also known as The Machine, a muscle car made by American Motors Corporation (AMC)
• The Machine, a University of Alabama coalition of fraternities and sororities
• "The Machine", the fictional interstellar-travel device in Carl Sagan's novel Contact
• The Machine: Bride of Pin*Bot, a 1991 pinball machine made by Williams
• The Machine (financial software), financial software that predicts movements in equities in the stock market based upon rigorously tested and quantified trading strategies
• Bert Kreischer, Albert "Bert" "The Machine" Kreischer is an American stand-up comedian, actor and reality television host.

See also

• All pages beginning with "Machine"