Enterprise

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Enterprise (occasionally used with the archaic spelling Enterprize) may refer to:

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Economics and business[edit]

A business
A company
Enterprises in the Soviet Union were economic organizations responsible for production, distribution or another function (the socialist equivalent to a company in capitalism)
Entrepreneurship, the practice of starting new organizations, particularly new businesses
Enterprise architecture
Enterprize Canada, a Canadian student-run entrepreneurial business plan competition and conference
Enterprise Capital Fund, a type of venture capital in the UK
Enterprise for High School Students, a non-profit organization
Enterprise GP Holdings, energy holding company
Enterprise Holdings, the parent company of Enterprise Rent-A-Car and several other car-rental agencies
Enterprise Plc, a civil engineering and maintenance company in the United Kingdom
Enterprise Products, natural gas and crude oil pipeline company
Social enterprise, an organization that applies commercial strategies to maximize improvements in human and environmental well-being, rather than maximizing profits for external shareholders

Vessels[edit]

Watercraft[edit]

HMS Enterprise, any of fifteen ships of the British Royal Navy (four others did not use the HMS prefix)
USS Enterprise, any of several ships of the United States Navy including (see List of ships of the United States Navy named Enterprise):
- USS Enterprise (CV-6) (1936) Yorktown-class aircraft carrier, and the most decorated US Navy ship
- USS Enterprise (CVN-65) (1961), the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier
- USS Enterprise (CVN-80) (2025), a Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier scheduled to be constructed
Enterprise (1776), a ship of the Continental Navy during the American Revolution
Enterprise (1814), a privately owned steamboat captained by Henry Miller Shreve
Enterprise (slave ship), an American merchant ship forced by weather into Bermuda in 1835, resulting in the liberation of most of the 78 slaves on board.
Enterprize (1829), Australian topsail schooner used for the founding of Melbourne, Australia
- Enterprize Replica, a replica of the 1829 Enterprize
Enterprise (1855), a 19th-century steamer on the Columbia and Fraser rivers in Northwest America
Enterprise (1862), pioneer sternwheeler on the upper Fraser River
Enterprise (sternwheeler 1863), a steamboat that operated on the Willamette River, in Oregon, United States
Enterprise, a sailing ship caught in a storm off St. Ives, Cornwall in 1903
SS Flying Enterprise, built in 1944 and originally commissioned as the SS Cape Kumukaki (C1-B)
London Enterprise, an oil tanker built for London & Overseas Freighters in 1950 and scrapped c. 1974
London Enterprise, a Panamax oil tanker built for London & Overseas Freighters in 1983
Enterprise (dinghy), a class of sailing dinghy
Discoverer Enterprise, deepwater drillship that gives its name to the Enterprise class of large drillships
Enterprise (yacht), J-class yacht involved in the America's Cup

Aircraft[edit]

Enterprise (balloon), a hot air balloon used by the Union Army during the American Civil War
Goodyear L class blimp Enterprise, World War II US Navy designation L-5

Spacecraft[edit]

Space Shuttle Enterprise
VSS Enterprise, the inaugural vessel of the Virgin Galactic suborbital tourism fleet
IXS Enterprise, NASA Concept "Warp" ship

In fiction[edit]

Star Trek

Star Trek: Enterprise, also Enterprise, a television series running 2001–2005
Starship Enterprise, any of several ships by that name in the Star Trek fictional universe
- Enterprise (NX-01), the main setting of Star Trek: Enterprise
- USS Enterprise (NCC-1701), the main setting of the original Star Trek television series and several Star Trek films
- USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-A), the main setting of the fifth and sixth Star Trek films
- USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-B), launched at the start of Star Trek: Generations
- USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-C), appears in the Star Trek: Next Generation episode "Yesterday's Enterprise"
- USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D), the main setting of Star Trek: The Next Generation
- USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E), the main setting for the films Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection, and Star Trek Nemesis
- USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-F), a non-player ship of the Star Trek Online Massive Multiplayer Roleplaying Video Game
- USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-J), appears in the episode of Star Trek: Enterprise "Azati Prime" in the 26th century

Other

Enterprise, a ship in the game Final Fantasy III
Enterprise, an airship in the game Final Fantasy IV
Enterprise, a starship in H. Beam Piper's novel Space Viking
Enterprise, the title ship in the 1959–1961 television series Riverboat

Computing[edit]

Enterprise (computer), an 8-bit home computer of the 1980s from the UK, also known as Flan and Elan
Enterprise software, business-oriented computer application/software
Enterprise storage, computer data storage products for large business customers
Enterprise resource planning (ERP), an information-technology term referring to a hardware or software system that serves all departments within an enterprise
Windows 8 Enterprise, a marketing edition of the Windows 8 operating system

Geographic locations[edit]

Newspapers[edit]

The Press-Enterprise, a former newspaper published 1885-1983, now merged into currently published paper in Riverside, California
High Point Enterprise, a newspaper published in High Point, North Carolina
The Beaumont Enterprise, a newspaper published in Beaumont, Texas
The Enterprise (Brockton), a newspaper published in Brockton, Massachusetts

Other[edit]

Enterprise (ride), an amusement ride
Enterprise (train service), an inter-city train service between Belfast and Dublin
Enterprise Records, a record label
USS Enterprise (BLDG 7115), a U.S. Navy Recruit Barracks named in honor of the Navy's Enterprise ships

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