Enterprise
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Enterprise (occasionally archaically spelled enterprize) can refer to the following:
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[edit] Economics and business
- Almost any business or organization can be called an enterprise, possibly led by an entrepreneur
- Enterprise Rent-A-Car, specific car-rental agency:
- Enterprise Plc, a civil engineering and maintenance company in the United Kingdom
- Stanford Technology Trading Group International (STTGI), informally known as "Enterprise", a U.S. weapons-dealing company involved in the Iran-Contra Affair
- Subud Enterprise Services, any entrepreneurial activity undertaken by a member of the spiritual organization Subud
- Farm enterprise, component of a farm business, e.g. a farm may include an arable enterprise and a dairy enterprise
- Free enterprise, a type of economy; a loose synonym for implemented capitalism
[edit] Star Trek
- Enterprise, television series, later titled Star Trek: Enterprise
- Starship Enterprise, several ships in the Star Trek universe have had the name USS Enterprise or Enterprise
- Free Enterprise (film), a film starring William Shatner
[edit] Ships and boats
- USS Enterprise, eight ships in the United States Navy carried the name Enterprise. Six of them were commissioned and use the USS prefix
- HMS Enterprise, fourteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named Enterprise. Ten of them were commissioned and use the HMS prefix
- L'Entreprise for the French ship that was captured and became the first HMS Enterprise
- Enterprise (1814), a privately owned steamboat captained by Henry Miller Shreve
- Enterprise, one of the ships especially built for the upcoming China trade in the early 19th century, owned by the fur trader and multimillionaire John Jacob Astor of New York
- International Enterprise sailing dinghy.
- Enterprize (1829), an 1829-built schooner - Melbourne's tall ship
- Enterprise (balloon), a hot air balloon used by the Union Army during the American Civil War
- Enterprise, an airship used by Cecil Harvey and his party in Final Fantasy IV
[edit] Spacecraft (non-fictional)
- Space Shuttle Enterprise
- VSS Enterprise, the proposed inaugural vessel of the Virgin Galactic suborbital tourism fleet, an endeavor of Sir Richard Branson
[edit] Computing
- Enterprise 64, an 8-bit home computer from the UK; also known as Flan and Elan
- Enterprise architecture
- Enterprise software
[edit] Other connotations
- Enterprise (ride), an amusement ride
- Enterprise, Alabama
- Enterprise, Kansas
- Enterprise, Nevada
- Enterprise, Northwest Territories
- Enterprise, Florida
- Enterprise, Oregon
- Enterprise, Utah
- Social enterprise
- Enterprise (train), a Belfast-Dublin railway service
- Kia Enterprise, a car built by Kia Motors, based on the Mazda Sentia
[edit] See also
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