Hybrid (disambiguation)
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Hybrid may mean:
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[edit] Science
- In biology, Hybrids refer to the offspring resulting from cross-breeding of different species.
- In economics, Hybrid security, combines elements of debt and equity
- In linguistics, Hybrid word, a word with mixed etymologies.
- Hybrid system word a mixture of two or more systems or elements.
- In chemistry, Orbital hybridisation.
- Resistance hybrid or a hybrid coil.
[edit] Transportation
- Hybrid vehicle, uses a mixture of power sources such as internal combustion engines and electric batteries. See:
- Petroleum electric hybrid vehicle, increasingly common vehicles which employ both a rechargeable energy storage system and a fueled power source for propulsion. See also Hybrid Vehicle Drivetrains.
- Hybrid bicycle, a cross between a road and mountain bicycle.
- Hybrid locomotive, a locomotive with more than one power source.
- Hybrid rocket, which uses solid fuel and a liquid or gas oxidizer.
[edit] Electricity, telecoms and computing
- Hybrid circuit, consists of several electronic components encapsulated into one unit.
- Telephone hybrid, an electronic circuit used in telephones.
- Hybrid course, uses a combination of teaching delivery methods: face to face (FTF) classroom instruction and electronic online delivery, used most frequently in higher education.
- Hybrid computer, combining features of analog computers and digital computers.
- Hybrid client, a mixed client/server architecture combining thin client and fat client features.
- Hybrid kernel, a kernel architecture based on combining aspects of microkernel and monolithic kernel architectures.
- Hybrid CD, a CD containing multiple file systems.
[edit] Culture
- Hybrids, the third book in Robert J. Sawyer's The Neanderthal Parallax trilogy.
- Hybrid Spudgun, a potato cannon that ignites a compressed fuel and air mix.
- Hybrid (producers), a British electronic music group.
- Hybrid (Marvel Comics), a name shared by two Marvel Comics characters.
- Hybrid (DC Comics), a DC Comics supervillain group.
- Hybrid Theory, an album by Linkin Park.
- Hybrid (role-playing game), a spoof role-playing game
- Hybrid (StarCraft), an artificial race in the StarCraft universe.
- In Wikipedia, see Special:Prefixindex/Hybrid.