Enterprise

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Enterprise (occasionally archaically spelled enterprize) can refer to the following:

[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

• Master of Enterprise
• Manchester Science Enterprise Centre

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