Machine to machine (M2M) is direct communication between devices using any communications channel, including wired and wireless. Machine to machine communication...

The Enigma machine is a cipher device developed and used in the early- to mid-20th century to protect commercial, diplomatic, and military communication...

Machine learning (ML) is a field of study in artificial intelligence concerned with the development and study of statistical algorithms that can learn...

A machine is a physical system that uses power to apply forces and control movement to perform an action. The term is commonly applied to artificial devices...

A slot machine, fruit machine (British English), poker machine or pokies (Australian English and New Zealand English) is a gambling machine that creates...

of raw material by cutting. Machining is a form of subtractive manufacturing, which utilizes machine tools, in contrast to additive manufacturing (e.g...

Turing machine is a mathematical model of computation describing an abstract machine that manipulates symbols on a strip of tape according to a table...

as autocannons rather than machine guns. As a class of military kinetic projectile weapons, machine guns are designed to be mainly used as infantry support...

machine tool varies among users, as discussed below. While all machine tools are "machines that help people to make things", not all factory machines...

mechanical advantage (also called leverage) to multiply force. Usually the term refers to the six classical simple machines that were defined by Renaissance scientists:...

Abstract machines vary from literal machines in that they are expected to perform correctly and independently of hardware. Abstract machines are "machines" because...

machine is a machine used to sew fabric and materials together with thread. Sewing machines were invented during the first Industrial Revolution to decrease...

A useless machine or useless box is a device whose only function is to turn itself off. The best-known useless machines are those inspired by Marvin Minsky's...

machine (laundry machine, clothes washer, washer, or simply wash) is a machine designed to launder clothing. The term is mostly applied to machines that...

Look up sex machine in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sex Machine may refer to: Sex machine, a mechanized apparatus that acts as an automated erotic...

The Atwood machine (or Atwood's machine) was invented in 1784 by the English mathematician George Atwood as a laboratory experiment to verify the mechanical...

In computer programming, machine code is computer code consisting of machine language instructions, which are used to control a computer's central processing...

The Wimshurst machine or Wimshurst influence machine is an electrostatic generator, a machine for generating high voltages developed between 1880 and...

satisfactory finish at low cost. Materials with good machinability (free machining materials) require little power to cut, can be cut quickly, easily obtain a good...

Machine embroidery is an embroidery process whereby a sewing machine or embroidery machine is used to create patterns on textiles. It is used commercially...

use machine tools and cutting tools to make parts, usually of metal or plastic (but sometimes of other materials such as glass or wood). A machine shop...

industry, and most other companies in the economy. This machine industry traditionally belongs to the heavy industry. Nowadays, many smaller industrial...

knitting machine is a device used to create knitted fabrics in a semi or fully automated fashion. There are numerous types of knitting machines, ranging...

The Soft Machine (also titled Volume One as a reissue) is the debut album by the British psychedelic rock band Soft Machine, released in 1968. It is the...

A Woodworking machine is a machine that is intended to process wood. These machines are usually powered by electric motors and are used extensively in...

At the time, Helmholtz machines were one of a handful of learning architectures that used feedback as well as feedforward to ensure quality of learned...

machine, or machines in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A machine is a device that uses energy to perform some activity or task. Machine, Machines,...

they were in widespread use from the 1920s to the 1970s. The most famous example is the German Enigma machine, the output of which was deciphered by the...

Machine translation is use of computational techniques to translate text or speech from one language to another, including the contextual, idiomatic and...

converts electricity to mechanical power while an electric generator converts mechanical power to electricity. The moving parts in a machine can be rotating...