Hybrid
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A hybrid is the combination of two or more different things, aimed at achieving a particular objective or goal. In different contexts this may refer to:
- In biology:
- Hybrid (biology), the offspring resulting from cross-breeding of different plants or animals
- In computers and electronics:
- Hybrid CD, a CD containing multiple file systems
- Hybrid circuit, a combination of several electronic components encapsulated into one unit
- Hybrid client, a mixed client/server architecture combining thin client and fat client features
- Hybrid computer, a computer combining features of analog and digital computers
- Hybrid coupler, a type of directional coupler used in radio and telecommunications
- Hybrid coil
- Hybrid course, an academic course that uses a combination of teaching delivery methods: face to face (FTF) classroom instruction and electronic online delivery, used most frequently in higher education
- Hybrid IRCd, a type of Internet Relay Chat server software
- Hybrid kernel, a kernel architecture based on combining aspects of microkernel and monolithic kernel architectures
- The Hybrid Music System, a range of musical add-ons for the BBC Microcomputer
- Telephone hybrid, an electronic circuit used in telephones
- In culture
- Hybrid (producers), a British electronic music group made of artists Mike Truman, Chris Healings, and Lee Mullin
- Hybrid (DC Comics), a DC Comics supervillain group
- Hybrid (Marvel Comics), a name shared by two Marvel Comics characters
- Hybrid (role-playing game), a spoof role-playing game
- Hybrid (subculture), a type of underground culture
- Hybrid genre (music), mostly in electronica based tracks, mixing two very different types of genres together to create a new genre type
- Hybrid Technologies, a Paintball accessory and apparel company
- Hybrids, the third book in Robert J. Sawyer's The Neanderthal Parallax trilogy
- In etymology:
- Hybrid word, a word with mixed etymologies
- In science:
- Orbital hybridisation, a chemistry concept
- In sport:
- Hybrid (golf), a newer class of golf club that combines aspects of an iron and wood.
- In transportation:
- Hybrid bicycle, a cross between a road and mountain bicycle
- Hybrid electric vehicle, increasingly common automobiles which employ both a traditional internal combustion engine and an electric motor/generators for provide motive force.
- Hybrid security, an economic vehicle that combines elements of debt and equity
- Hybrid vehicle, a vehicle which uses a mixture of power or fuel sources
- Hybrid rocket, a rocket which uses solid fuel and a liquid or gas oxidizer
- Hybrid Technologies, a company that converts gasoline vehicles to battery-electric
- In Wikipedia, see Special:Prefixindex/Hybrid.
[edit] Auxiliary topics
- The word "hybrid" in katakana (Japanese:ハイブリッド) usage began from early 1980s after Hybrid circuit was introduced on market in 1969, then widely recognized in electronic technology area.
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