Engine (disambiguation)

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
 * 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

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

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

 * Engine (British band), a British boogie-rock band, active between 1979 and 1997
 * Engine (American 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
 * Engine (TNT album), 2010
 * "Engine", a song by Luminous from Luminous in Wonderland, 2022

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

 * Engine (organization), an American nonprofit organization encouraging high-tech entrepreneurship
 * Fire engine, a vehicle used by firefighters
 * Siege engine, an anti-fortification machine or structure