Incubator

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An incubator is anything that performs or facilitates various forms of incubation. It may also refer to:

In biology and medicine:

• Incubator (culture), a device used to grow and maintain microbiological cultures or cell cultures
• Incubator (egg), a device for maintaining the eggs of birds or reptiles to allow them to hatch
• Incubator (neonatal), a device used to care for premature babies in a neonatal intensive-care unit

In arts and entertainment:

• "Incubator" (Farscape episode), a 2001 episode of the American TV series
• "Incubator", a song by the Israeli rock band, HaClique, in their 1981 album, Ima Ani Lo Rotze Lehigamel
• "Incubator", Kyubey's true identity in the anime Puella Magi Madoka Magica

Other uses:

• Business incubator, a company that helps new and startup companies to develop by providing services such as management training or office space
• Apache Incubator, a gateway for open source projects under the Apache Software Foundation
• Wikimedia Incubator, a wiki project hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation

See also

• Incubation (disambiguation)