Machine (disambiguation)
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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:
Machine
A machine manages power to accomplish a task, examples include, a mechanical system, a computing system, an electronic system, and a molecular machine. In common usage, the meaning is that of a device having parts that perform or assist in performing any type of work...
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 (mechanical)
The mechanical properties of a machine manage power to achieve desired forces and movement. Modern machines often include computers and sensors that monitor performance and plan movement, and are called mechanical systems....
Machine can also refer to:
Computing
- Abstract machineAbstract machineAn abstract machine, also called an abstract computer, is a theoretical model of a computer hardware or software system used in automata theory...
, a theoretical model of a computer hardware or software system used in automata theory - "machine", slang for computerComputerA computer is a programmable machine designed to sequentially and automatically carry out a sequence of arithmetic or logical operations. The particular sequence of operations can be changed readily, allowing the computer to solve more than one kind of problem...
or serverServer (computing)In the context of client-server architecture, a server is a computer program running to serve the requests of other programs, the "clients". Thus, the "server" performs some computational task on behalf of "clients"...
- virtual machineVirtual machineA virtual machine is a "completely isolated guest operating system installation within a normal host operating system". Modern virtual machines are implemented with either software emulation or hardware virtualization or both together.-VM Definitions:A virtual machine is a software...
, a computing machine implemented in software rather than directly in hardware
- virtual machine
- Machines (video game)Machines (video game)Machines is a 3D real-time strategy game released for Microsoft Windows. Published by Acclaim and developed by Charybdis, Machines was one of the first 3D games of this genre...
, a 1999 real-time strategy game for Microsoft Windows
Music
- Machine (producer)Machine (producer)Machine is an American music producer and engineer who has worked with many bands of many different genres.-Discography:Machine has worked with a number of artists on their albums:-External links:* * *...
, 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)Machine (Artension album)Machine is an album released by neo-classical progressive metal band Artension in 2000.-Track listing:All songs by Vitalij Kuprij and John West# "Machine" – 5:24# "The Way" – 5:54# "Madness Calling" – 5:00# "Mother Earth" – 5:16...
, a 2000 album by neo-classical progressive metal band Artension - Machine (Static-X album)Machine (Static-X album)-Chart positions:AlbumSingles-Personnel:*Static-X**Wayne Static - vocals, guitars, keyboards, programming**Tony Campos - bass, background vocals**Ken Jay - drums...
, a 2001 album by Static-X - Machine (EP)Machine (EP)- Production :* Producers: David Andrew Sitek, Yeah Yeah Yeahs* Engineer: Paul Mahajan* Photography: Shannon Sinclair...
, 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)Machines (song)"Machines" is a song by Scottish band Biffy Clyro, from their 2007 album, Puzzle. It was due to be released as the fourth physical single from Puzzle on 1 October 2007 but was pushed back 1 week and released on the 8th October 2007....
, a 2007 song by Biffy Clyro - "The Machine" (song), a 2006 Angels and Airwaves song
- Machinery RecordsMachinery RecordsMachinery Records was a record label founded by Jor and Anna Rosen in 1989 and based in Berlin, Germany. The label was best known for releasing industrial and experimental acts, several of which went on to achieve later success.The label's heyday was the early 1990s...
, 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. GilroyGary P. GilroyDr. Gary P. Gilroy is a musician, composer, and educator. Currently he is Professor of Music and Director of Bands at California State University, Fresno.Dr. Gilroy also substitutes at John F. Kennedy Middle School in Hanford, California.Gary P...
- "Machines", a song by The Jealous Girlfriends from The Jealous Girlfriends (album)The Jealous Girlfriends (album)-References:...
- Machine (Crack the Sky album)Machine (Crack the Sky album)Machine is an album by the American Rock band Crack the Sky. The album was released on February 9, 2010. This is their fourteenth studio album.-Track listing:-The band:*John Palumbo *Bobby Hird...
, 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 MachineChicago MachineThe Chicago Machine is a mens field lacrosse team that plays in Major League Lacrosse that was based in Chicago, Illinois until the franchise left after the 2009 season to be a travel team in 2010. The team then transferred its roster to the reborn Rochester Rattlers on November 23, 2010 when it...
, a major league lacrosse team based in Bridgeport, Illinois. - The Machine, nickname allegedly given to Pat BurrellPat BurrellPatrick Brian "Pat" Burrell , nicknamed "Pat the Bat," is a Major League Baseball outfielder who is currently a free agent. He stands tall and weighs . He bats and throws right-handed...
of the San Francisco Giants http://deadspin.com/5674739/what-we-have-learned-about-brian-wilson-and-the-machine, also connected with Brian Wilson - The Machine, nickname for baseball player Albert PujolsAlbert PujolsJosé Alberto Pujols Alcántara , better known as Albert Pujols , is a Dominican-American professional baseball player, who is currently a free agent...
- The Machine, nickname for basketball player Sasha VujačićSasha VujacicAleksandar "Sasha" Vujačić is a Slovenian basketball player who has played in Italy, the United States , and more recently for Anadolu Efes S.K. in Turkey...
- The Machines (professional wrestling), a tag team in the 1980s
Others
- Machine (patent)Machine (patent)In United States patent law, a machine is one of the four principal categories of things that may be patented. The other three are a process , an article of manufacture , and a composition of matter...
, one of the four statutory categories of patent-eligible subject matter under United States patent law - Machine (novel)Machine (novel)Machine is a 1930 novel by Japanese author Riichi Yokomitsu ....
, a 1930 Japanese novel by Riichi Yokomitsu - Rube Goldberg machineRube Goldberg machineA Rube Goldberg machine, contraption, device, or apparatus is a deliberately over-engineered or overdone machine that performs a very simple task in a very complex fashion, usually including a chain reaction...
, an especially elaborate or complex device - Political machinePolitical machineA political machine is a political organization in which an authoritative boss or small group commands the support of a corps of supporters and businesses , who receive rewards for their efforts...
, a vote-delivering and political power-broking system - AMC MachineAMC MachineThe Machine is an automobile produced by American Motors Corporation . It is a muscle car version of the AMC Rebel. The Machine featured factory performance enhancements with serious power at a budget price.- Origin :...
, also known as The Machine, a muscle car made by American Motors Corporation (AMC) - The MachineThe MachineThe Machine, the former Alpha Rho chapter of Theta Nu Epsilon at the University of Alabama, is a coalition of traditionally white fraternities and sororities which formed a secret society with some degree of influence over campus and Alabama state politics...
, a University of Alabama coalition of fraternities and sororities - "The Machine", the fictional interstellar-travel device in Carl Sagan's novel ContactContact (novel)Contact is a science fiction novel written by Carl Sagan and published in 1985. It deals with the theme of contact between humanity and a more technologically advanced, extraterrestrial life form. It ranked No. 7 on the 1985 U.S. bestseller list....
- 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