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Enterprise (occasionally archaically spelt enterprize) can refer to any of the following:

Contents 1 Psychology 2 Economics 3 Ships and boats 4 Spacecraft 4.1 Non-fictional 4.2 Fictional 5 Computing 6 Other connotations

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
• "Boldness, energy, and invention in practical affairs." (according to DANFS)

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)
• A farm enterprise is a 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
• A specific car-rental agency: Enterprise Rent-A-Car
• Any entreprenurial activity undertaken by a member of the spiritual organization Subud. See Subud Enterprise Services.

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.
• 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.
• The International Enterprise sailing dinghy.
• Enterprize, an 1829-built schooner - Melbourne's tall ship.
• Enterprise was a hot air balloon used by the Union Army during the Civil War.

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 and Star Trek: Generations
  • USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E) from ST: First Contact, ST: Insurrection, and ST: Nemesis
  • USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-F) from two novels: Peter David's Imzadi and Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens' Millennium
  • USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-G): During the planning stages of Star Trek: The Next Generation, the series would take place 200 years after the original series, and the ship would be the eighth Federation starship Enterprise.
  • USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-J) from one episode ("Azati Prime") of Star Trek: Enterprise
  • Two known ISS Enterprises from the Mirror Universe (more from alternate realities of that universe are also featured in comics or novels)

Computing

• Enterprise 64, an 8-bit home computer from the UK; also known as Flan and Elan
• Enterprise software

Other connotations

• Enterprise, Alabama
• Enterprise, Northwest Territories, a community in Northwest Territories, Canada (postal code X0E 0R1)
• Enterprise, Florida, a former railroad community now a suburb of Orlando, Florida.
• enterprise culture
• enterprise zone
• social enterprise
• Enterprise (train) a Belfast-Dublin railway service.
• Kia Enterprise, base by Mazda Sentia, a car built by Kia Motors.

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