Turbo (disambiguation)
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A turbo, written as the clipping of turbocharger, is a turbine-driven air induction device.
Turbo may also refer to:
Science and technology
[edit]- Turbo (gastropod), a genus of sea snails
Computing
[edit]- AMD Turbo Core, a technology implemented by AMD that allows the processor to dynamically adjust its operating frequency
- Intel Turbo Boost, Intel's trade name for a feature that automatically raises its processors' operating frequency
- Turbo (software), an application virtualization and distribution environment for Microsoft Windows
- Turbo button, on computers to select one of two run states: a default "turbo" speed or a slower speed
- Turbo code, a form of error-correction coding, usually used in telecommunications
Arts, entertainment and media
[edit]Fictional characters
[edit]- Turbo (comics), a superheroine in the Marvel Comics universe
- Turbo (Gobots), a fictional character in the Gobots cartoon and toy line
- Turbo, a film character in Breakin' and Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
- Turbo, a character in Disney's Wreck-It Ralph
- Turbo Norimaki, a fictional character from the anime and manga series Dr. Slump
Film and television
[edit]- Turbo (2013 film), a 2013 animated film by DreamWorks Animation
- Turbo (2024 film), a 2024 Indian Malayalam-language film by Mammootty Kampany
- Turbo Zone, an infotainment program by GMA Network that aired in November 2020
- Power Rangers Turbo, a Power Rangers franchise television series that aired in 1997
- Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie, a 1997 film in the Power Rangers franchise
Gaming
[edit]- Turbo (video game), a Sega arcade game released in 1981
- TurboGrafx-16, a video game console by NEC Corporation
- TrackMania Turbo, a Ubisoft video game released in 2016
Music
[edit]Albums and EPs
[edit]- Turbo (Judas Priest album)
- Turbo (The Pietasters album)
- Turbo (EP), an EP by Sonic Boom Six
Groups
[edit]- Turbo (Czech band) is a Czech band founded in 1981
- Turbo (Polish band), a Polish heavy metal band
- Turbo (South Korean band), a Korean dance group
Radio
[edit]- SiriusXM Turbo, a 90s and 2000s Hard Rock music channel on SiriusXM
People
[edit]- Marcius Turbo, 2nd century Roman general
- Conor Turbitt, Gaelic footballer nicknamed "Turbo"
- Turbo B (Durron Maurice Butler, born 1967), American rapper and musician
- Turbo (record producer), American record producer and songwriter
- Turbo (street dancer), British street dancer, musician and entertainer
Other uses
[edit]- Turbo, Colombia, a port city
- Turbo, Eldoret, a settlement in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya
- Turbo (train), a 1960s high-speed train in Canada
- Turbo (chewing gum), a brand of Turkish chewing gum
- Turbo (finance), financial instrument
- Turbo, a mascot of the Houston Rockets basketball team
- Turbo tournament, in Poker
- Porsche (model) Turbo, a version of a series of cars
See also
[edit]- Turbo C, an integrated development environment for the C programming language
- Turbo C++, an integrated development environment for the C programming language
- Turbo Pascal, an integrated development environment for the Pascal programming language
- Turbo Tango, "aerosol" packaging for Tango
- Convection oven, also known as a turbo
- Porsche 911 Turbo, a series of cars
- Shell Turbo Chargers a basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association from 2000—2005
- Turbot (a homophone), a type of fish