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{{wiktionary|Enterprise|enterprise|enterprising}} '''Enterprise''' (or the archaic spelling '''Enterprize''') may refer to: {{TOC right}} == Business and economics == === Brands and enterprises === * [[Enterprise GP Holdings]], an energy holding company * [[Enterprise plc]], a UK civil engineering and maintenance company * [[Enterprise Productions]], an American film production company that operated from 1946 to 1949 * [[Enterprise Products]], a natural gas and crude oil pipeline company * [[Enterprise Records]], a record label * [[Enterprise Rent-A-Car]], a car rental Provider **[[Enterprise Holdings]], the parent company * [[The Enterprise Studios]], a Burbank, California music recording studio === General === * [[Business]], economic activity done by a businessperson * [[Big business]], larger corporation commonly called "enterprise" in business jargon (excluding small and medium-sized businesses) * [[Company]], a legal entity practicing a business activity * [[Enterprise architecture]], a strategic management discipline within an organization * [[Enterprise Capital Fund]], a type of venture capital in the UK * [[Entrepreneurship]], the practice of starting new organizations, particularly new businesses * [[Social enterprise]], an organization that applies commercial strategies to improve well-being *[[United Kingdom enterprise law]], the regulation of businesses and public sector bodies within the economic constitution === Organizations === * [[Enterprize Canada]], a student-run entrepreneurial competition and conference * [[Enterprise for High School Students]], a non-profit organization == Computing == * [[Enterprise (computer)]], a 1980s UK 8-bit home computer, also known as ''Flan'' and ''Elan'' * [[Enterprise resource planning]] (ERP), integrated management of core business processes or the technology supporting such management * [[Enterprise software]], business-oriented computer applications * [[Enterprise storage]], for large businesses * [[Windows Enterprise]], an edition of several versions of Microsoft Windows == Entertainment and media == === Television === * ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'', also ''Enterprise'', a 2001-2005 television series ** [[Enterprise (soundtrack)|''Enterprise'' (soundtrack)]], a 2002 soundtrack album from the first season of the series * [[Enterprice (British TV series)|''Enterprice'' (British TV series)]], a 2018 television series === Fictional entities === ==== Star Trek vessels ==== * [[Starship Enterprise|Starship ''Enterprise'']], a list, timeline and brief description of starships in the fictional history of ''Star Trek'' ** [[Enterprise (NX-01)|''Enterprise'' (NX-01)]], the main setting of ''Star Trek: Enterprise'' ** [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|USS ''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701)]], from the original ''Star Trek'' television series and the first three ''Star Trek'' films ** [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-A)|USS ''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701-A)]],from the fourth, fifth and sixth ''Star Trek'' films ** [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-B)|USS ''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701-B)]], from the film ''Star Trek: Generations'' ** [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-C)|USS ''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701-C)]], from the ''Star Trek: Next Generation'' episode "Yesterday's Enterprise" ** [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)|USS ''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701-D)]], from ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' (also two episodes of ''Star Trek: Picard'') ** [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E)|USS ''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701-E)]], from the films ''Star Trek: First Contact'', ''Star Trek: Insurrection'', and ''Star Trek: Nemesis'' ** [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-F)|USS ''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701-F)]], a non-player ship in the ''Star Trek Online'' video game which also appears in ''Star Trek: Picard'' ** [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-G)|USS ''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701-G)]], from the ''Star Trek: Picard'' episode "The Last Generation" ** [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-J)|USS ''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701-J)]], from the ''Star Trek: Enterprise'' episode "Azati Prime" ==== Other fictional vessels ==== * ''Enterprise'', an airship in the game ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'' * ''Enterprise'', an airship in the game [[Final Fantasy XIV]] * ''Enterprise'', the title ship in the 1959β1961 television series ''[[Riverboat (TV series)|Riverboat]]'' * ''Enterprise'', a starship in H. Beam Piper's novel ''[[Space Viking]]'' === Newspapers === '''Australia''' * [[The Enterprise (Katoomba)|''The Enterprise'' (Katoomba)]], in Katoomba, New South Wales (1913) '''United States''' * ''[[Bastrop Daily Enterprise]]'', in Louisiana * ''[[Chico Enterprise-Record]]'', in Chico, California * ''[[High Point Enterprise]]'', in North Carolina * ''[[The Beaumont Enterprise]]'', in Texas * [[The Enterprise (Brockton)|''The Enterprise'' (Brockton)]], in Brockton, Massachusetts * [[Enterprise (Omaha)|''The Enterprise'' (Omaha)]], in Nebraska (1893β1914) * ''[[Malheur Enterprise]]'', in Malheur County, Oregon * ''[[The Press-Enterprise]]'', in Riverside, California (1885β1983) == Places == === Canada === * [[Enterprise, Northwest Territories]], a hamlet * Enterprise, a hamlet in the township of [[Stone Mills, Ontario]] * [[Rural Municipality of Enterprise No. 142]], Saskatchewan === United States === * [[Enterprise, Alabama]], a city * [[Enterprise, California (disambiguation)]] * [[Enterprise, Florida]], an unincorporated community * [[Enterprise, Indiana]], an unincorporated community * [[Enterprise, Iowa]], an unincorporated community * [[Enterprise, Kansas]], a city * [[Enterprise, Louisiana]], an unincorporated community * [[Enterprise, Minnesota]], an abandoned townsite * [[Enterprise, Clarke County, Mississippi]], a town * [[Enterprise, Union County, Mississippi]], an unincorporated community * [[Enterprise, Linn County, Missouri]], an unincorporated community * [[Enterprise, McDonald County, Missouri]], a ghost town * [[Enterprise, Shelby County, Missouri]], an unincorporated community * [[Enterprise, Nevada]], a census-designated place * [[Enterprise, Ohio (disambiguation)]] * [[Enterprise, Oklahoma]], a census-designated place * [[Enterprise, Oregon]], a city * [[Enterprise, Utah]], a city * [[Enterprise, Morgan County, Utah]], a census-designated place * [[Enterprise, West Virginia]], a census-designated place in Harrison County * [[Enterprise, Wirt County, West Virginia]], an unincorporated community * [[Enterprise (community), Wisconsin]], an unincorporated community * [[Enterprise, Wisconsin]], a town * [[Enterprise Rancheria]] in California * [[Enterprise Township, Michigan]] * [[Enterprise Township, Jackson County, Minnesota]] * [[Enterprise Township, Valley County, Nebraska]] === Other places === * [[Enterprise, Guyana]], a village * [[Enterprise, Trinidad and Tobago]] * [[Enterprise Rupes]], an escarpment on Mercury == Vehicles == === Aircraft === * [[Enterprise (balloon)|''Enterprise'' (balloon)]], a gas-inflated aerial reconnaissance balloon used by the Union Army during the American Civil War * ''Enterprise'', a US Navy [[L-class blimp]] * ''Enterprise'', an [[Armstrong Whitworth Ensign]] plane === Spacecraft === {{for|Star Trek craft|#Star Trek vessels}} * [[IXS Enterprise|IXS ''Enterprise'']], a NASA conceptual interstellar ship * [[Space Shuttle Enterprise|Space Shuttle ''Enterprise'']] * [[VSS Enterprise|VSS ''Enterprise'']], the inaugural vessel of the Virgin Galactic suborbital tourism fleet === Trains === * [[Enterprise (train service)]], between Belfast and Dublin * [[Enterprise (Via Rail train)|''Enterprise'' (Via Rail train)]], a former service between Montreal and Toronto * Enterprise, an [[List of LNER Class A1/A3 locomotives|LNER Class A1/A3 locomotive]] === Watercraft === ==== United States Navy ships ==== (Chronological) * {{USS|Enterprise|1775|}}, a Continental Navy sloop captured from the British, burned to prevent recapture in 1777 * {{USS|Enterprise|1799}}, a schooner that fired the first shots in the First Barbary War * {{USS|Enterprise|1831}}, a schooner, stationed primarily in South America to patrol and protect commerce * {{USS|Enterprise|1874}}, a steam-powered sloop-of-war used for surveying, patrolling, and training until 1909 * {{USS|Enterprise|SP-790}}, a motorboat (1917β1919) used in World War I as a non-commissioned section patrol craft * {{USS|Enterprise|CV-6}} (1936), a ''Yorktown''-class aircraft carrier, and the most decorated U.S. Navy ship * {{USS|Enterprise|CVN-65}} (1961), the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier * {{USS|Enterprise|CVN-80}} (2027), a planned ''Gerald R. Ford''-class aircraft carrier ==== Royal Navy ships ==== (Chronological) * {{HMS|Enterprise|1705}} was a 24-gun [[sixth rate]], previously the French frigate {{ship|French frigate|L'Entreprise||2}}, captured in May 1705. She was wrecked in October 1707. * {{HMS|Enterprise|1709}} was a 44-gun [[fifth rate]] launched in 1709. She underwent a great repair in 1718β19, was hulked in 1740 and fitted as a hospital ship in 1745 before being sold in 1749. * {{HMS|Liverpool|1741}}, a 44-gun frigate, was to have been named ''Enterprise'', but was renamed five months before her launch in 1741. * {{HMS|Enterprize|1743}} was an 8 gun [[sloop-of-war|sloop]] captured from the Spanish in 1743. She was employed solely in the Mediterranean as a dispatch vessel and tender, and was sold in 1748 at Minorca. * [[HMS Norwich (1693)|HMS ''Enterprise'']] was a 48-gun fifth rate launched in 1693 as {{HMS|Norwich|1693}}. She was renamed ''Enterprise'' in 1744 as a 44-gun fifth rate and was broken up in 1771. * {{HMS|Enterprise|1774}} was a 28-gun {{sclass|Enterprise|frigate|0}} sixth-rate frigate launched in August 1774, on harbour service from 1790 and broken up in 1807. * {{HMS|Enterprize|1775}} was a 10-gun tender captured by the Americans in 1775, see [[USS Enterprise (1775)|USS ''Enterprise'' (1775)]]. * [[HMS Resource (1778)|HMS ''Enterprise'']] was a ship used for harbour service, launched in 1778 as {{HMS|Resource|1778|6}}. ''Resource'' was rebuilt as a 22-gun floating battery in 1804, renamed ''Enterprise'' in 1806 and sold in 1816. * {{HMS|Enterprise|1824}} was a wooden paddle gunvessel purchased in 1824 and in service until 1830. * {{HMS|Enterprise|1848}} was a survey sloop launched in 1848, used as a coal hulk from 1860 and sold in 1903. * HMS ''Enterprise'' was to have been a wooden screw sloop. She was laid down in 1861, renamed HMS ''Circassian'' in 1862 but cancelled in 1863. * {{HMS|Enterprise|1864}} was an ironclad sloop ordered as HMS ''Circassian'', but renamed in 1862. She was launched in 1864 and sold in 1884. * {{HMS|Enterprise|D52}} was an {{sclass|Emerald|cruiser|0}} [[light cruiser]] launched in 1919 and sold in 1946. * {{HMS|Enterprise|A71}} was an {{sclass|Echo|survey ship (1957)|0}} inshore survey ship launched in 1958 and sold in 1985. * {{HMS|Enterprise|H88}} is an {{sclass|Echo|survey ship (2002)|0}} multi-role survey vessel (hydrographic/oceanographic) launched in 2002 and currently in service. ==== Other ships ==== * {{ship||Enterprise|yacht}}, a J-class yacht involved in the America's Cup * {{ship||Enterprise|1776}}, a schooner, previously a privateer, used by the Continental Navy in Chesapeake Bay until 1777 * {{ship||Enterprise|1814}}, a steamboat operating during the Battle of New Orleans * {{ship||Enterprize|1829}}, an Australian topsail schooner used for the founding of Melbourne, Australia ** {{ship||Enterprize|replica}}, a replica of the 1829 ''Enterprize'' * {{ship||Enterprise|slave ship}}, forced by weather into Bermuda in 1835, resulting in the liberation of most of the slaves on board * {{ship||Enterprise|1855}}, a Canadian 19th-century steamer on the Columbia and Fraser rivers * {{ship||Enterprise|1861}}, a sidewheeler, built in San Francisco, operated on the Fraser River system, from 1861 to her loss in 1885 * {{ship||Enterprise|1862}}, a Canadian pioneer sternwheeler on the upper Fraser River * [[PS Enterprise|PS ''Enterprise'']], an 1878 Australian paddle steamer on the Murray, Darling and Murrumbidgee Rivers * {{ship||Enterprise|sternwheeler 1863}}, an American steamboat that operated on the Willamette River in Oregon * ''Enterprise'', a sailing ship [[List of shipwrecks in 1903|caught in a storm]] off St. Ives, Cornwall in 1903 * ''London Enterprise'' (1950), an oil tanker built for [[London & Overseas Freighters]], scrapped {{circa|1974}} * ''London Enterprise'' (1983), a [[Panamax]] oil tanker built for London & Overseas Freighters * {{ship|SS|Flying Enterprise}} (1944β1952), an American cargo ship originally commissioned as the SS ''Cape Kumukaki'' (C1-B) * {{ship||Enterprise|1898 ship}}, see [[Boats of the Mackenzie River watershed]] ==== Ship classes ==== * {{ship||Enterprise|dinghy}}, a class of sailboat * ''[[Discoverer Enterprise]]'', the namesake of a class of deepwater drillships == Other uses == * [[Enterprise (apple)]] * [[Enterprise (horse)]], a British Thoroughbred racehorse * [[Enterprise (ride)]], an amusement ride * [[Enterprise Cup]], an annual rugby union competition in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda * [[Enterprise MRT station]], an upcoming MRT station on the Jurong Region line in Singapore * [[Enterprise number]], a former type of US business phone number which would automatically accept a collect call * [[USS Enterprise (BLDG 7115)|USS ''Enterprise'' (BLDG 7115)]], a U.S. Navy Recruit Barracks named in honor of the Navy's ''Enterprise'' ships * "The Enterprise", a secret operation carried out by senior officials of the Reagan administration, used to identify the perpetrators of the [[Iran-Contra affair]]. == See also == * [[Enterprise Building (disambiguation)]] * [[Business (disambiguation)]] * [[Enterprise High School (disambiguation)]] * [[Entreprenant (disambiguation)]], the French word for ''enterprising'' and the name of several sailing vessels * [[Entreprise]], a variant spelling and the name of several sailing vessels * [[Free enterprise (disambiguation)]] * [[USS Enterprise (disambiguation)]] {{disambiguation|geo|ship}}
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