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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:

• Hybrid (golf), a newer class of golf club that combines aspects of an iron and wood.
• Hybrid security, an economic vehicle that combines elements of debt and equity
• Hybrid word, a word with mixed etymologies

• 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 (Marvel Comics), a name shared by two Marvel Comics characters
  • Hybrid (DC Comics), a DC Comics supervillain group
  • 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 science:
  • Hybrid (biology), the offspring resulting from cross-breeding of different plants or animals
  • Orbital hybridisation, a chemistry concept

• 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 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.

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