Software engine
A software engine is a core component of a complex software system. The word "engine" is a metaphor of a car's engine. Thus a software engine is a complex subsystem.
There is no formal guideline for what should be called an engine, but the term has become widespread in the software industry.[1][2][3]
Notable examples
- Antivirus engine[4]
- Chess engine
- Correlation engine[1]
- Database engine
- Graphics engine[1]
- Layout engine[5]
- Physics engine
- Polymorphic engine
- Reasoning engine
- Recommendation engine[1]
- Regular expression engine
- Search engine
- Workflow engine
Multi-engine systems
- Mainstream web browsers have both a rendering engine and a JavaScript engine.
- Video games are often based on a game engine. Some of these also have specialized physics or graphics engines.
References
- "10 Types of Software Engines That You Should Know About". spiceworks.com.
In different contexts, software engines can mean different things.
- "Engine". Techopedia. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
- "Definition of engine". pcmag.com.
- "How it works". VirusTotal.
- "layout-engine ยท GitHub Topics". GitHub.
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