Science Fair Project Encyclopedia
Enterprise
Enterprise (occasionally archaically spelt enterprize) can refer to any of the following:
| Contents |
Psychology
- an attitude or a character trait conducive to undertaking bold ventures or actions, especially ventures involving risk
- a bold venture, particularly one of exploration or one that seeks inordinate profit
Economics
- A business or organization, possibly the brainchild of an entrepreneur
- A large commercial establishment (more specifically when viewed in marketing terms, and especially for the purposes of computer marketing and/or licencing: see enterprise edition )
- Free enterprise: a type of economy; a loose synonym for implemented capitalism
- A specific car-rental agency: Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Ships and boats
- USS Enterprise, one of several ships of the United States Navy.
- HMS Enterprise or Enterprize, one of several ships of the Royal Navy.
- Enterprise , a privately-owned steamboat captained by Henry Miller Shreve.
- The International Enterprise sailing dinghy.
- Enterprize, an 1829-built schooner - Melbourne's tall ship.
Spacecraft
Non-fictional
- Space Shuttle Enterprise.
- VSS Enterprise, the proposed inaugural vessel of the Virgin Galactic suborbital tourism fleet, an endeavor of Richard Branson.
Fictional
- Star Trek: Enterprise, a television show in the Star Trek franchise (formerly titled Enterprise).
- One of a number of starships from the fictional Star Trek universe, see Starship Enterprise:
- Enterprise (NX-01) from Star Trek: Enterprise
- USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) from Star Trek: The Original Series
- USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-A) from films IV, V, and VI
- USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-B) from Star Trek: Generations
- USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-C) from one episode ("Yesterday's Enterprise") of Star Trek: The Next Generation
- USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) from Star Trek: The Next Generation
- USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E) from ST: First Contact, ST: Insurrection, and ST: Nemesis
- USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-J) from one episode ("Azati Prime") of Star Trek: Enterprise
Computing
- Enterprise 64, an 8-bit home computer from the UK; also known as Flan and Elan
- Enterprise-level applications
Other connotations
- Enterprise, Northwest Territories, a community in Northwest Territories, Canada (postal code X0E 0R1)
- enterprise culture
- enterprise zone
09-23-2007 01:00:40
The contents of this article is licensed from www.wikipedia.org under the GNU Free Documentation License. Click here to see the transparent copy and copyright details
The contents of this article is licensed from www.wikipedia.org under the GNU Free Documentation License. Click here to see the transparent copy and copyright details


