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Engines and Motors

Matthias Fla

Engines and Motors

by Matthias Fla » Tue, 01 Jun 1999 04:00:00


Or, to get a little less off-topic, the "3d engine" or "render
engines" in 3d-simulations like GPL.

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Matthias Flatt

Bruce Kennewel

Engines and Motors

by Bruce Kennewel » Tue, 01 Jun 1999 04:00:00

"Engine".....
Any mechanism or machine designed to convert energy into mechanical work.

"Motor".....
1. A machine which converts electrical energy into mechanical energy.
2. A comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an
internal-combustion engine in a motor car, motor boat or the like.

Collins Dictionary.

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>>OK...here's a UNIX geek's two cents worth...
>>"Engine" is the correct term to use in relation to computers, even though
they
>>are electrical devices.  A couple hundred years ago, Charles Babbage
designed
>>the "Difference Engine", a hand-cranked computer for performing
calulations.
>>It used punched cards for programming and binary math.
>>Earlier in this century, the "Turing Engine" was another theoretical
computer.
>>In today's terms, a computer "engine" is a semi-autonomous process, often
used
>>in databasing or modelling (ie.- sim physics engines).

>Or, to get a little less off-topic, the "3d engine" or "render
>engines" in 3d-simulations like GPL.

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>Matthias Flatt


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