Presto
Encyclopedia
As a common word
- An incantation or interjection used by some stage magicians
- A musical score marking indicating a fast tempo
- An exclamation to mean: [to be completed] right away, instantly, i.e. "magicMagic (paranormal)Magic is the claimed art of manipulating aspects of reality either by supernatural means or through knowledge of occult laws unknown to science. It is in contrast to science, in that science does not accept anything not subject to either direct or indirect observation, and subject to logical...
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Places
- Presto, BoliviaPresto, BoliviaPresto is a Bolivian town located in Jaime Zudáñez Province, Chuquisaca Department, 95 km east of Sucre....
- Presto, Idaho, unincorporated community named after pioneer Presto Burrell
- Presto, Pennsylvania
Characters
- Presto the Magician, featured in the Dungeons & Dragons (TV series)Dungeons & Dragons (TV series)Dungeons & Dragons is an American fantasy animated television series based on TSR's Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. A co-production of Marvel Productions and TSR, the show originally ran from 1985 through 1987 for three seasons on CBS for a total of twenty seven episodes.The show focused on a...
animated TV series - Presto the Tadpole, a pet featured in the game Insaniquarium Deluxe
- The Amazing Presto! child magician featured in the game Battlez
Entertainment and sports
- Presto (film)Presto (film)Presto is a 2008 American Pixar computer-animated short film shown in theaters before their feature length film WALL-E. The short is about a magician trying to perform a show with his uncooperative rabbit and is a gag-filled homage to classic cartoons such as Tom and Jerry and Looney Tunes...
, a 2008 short film from Pixar - Presto! Recording StudiosPresto! Recording StudiosPresto! Recording Studios is located in Lincoln, Nebraska, and run by brothers Mike Mogis and A.J. Mogis. The studio began in the brothers' North Platte, Nebraska basement and around 1995 moved to the basement of a Lincoln home. First known as Whoopass Recording Studio, the name was later changed...
- Presto (album)Presto (album)-Personnel:* Geddy Lee - bass guitar, synthesizers, vocals* Alex Lifeson - electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocals* Neil Peart - drums, percussion* Rupert Hine - additional keyboards, production*Stephen W Tayler - recording and mixing...
, by Canadian rock band Rush - Presto BalletPresto BalletPresto Ballet is a progressive rock band founded by Metal Church guitarist Kurdt Vanderhoof. Their sound is highly reminiscent of 70's prog rock, as the band was founded chiefly as a tribute to classic progressive bands such as Yes and Kansas.-Debut album:...
, 2000s American progressive rock band - Great Taste Coffee MakersGreat Taste Coffee MakersGreat Taste Coffee was one of the Pioneer teams in the Philippine Basketball Association . The company was then known as the Consolidated Foods Corporation and their chief products included well known brands like Presto Ice Cream, N-Rich Coffee Cream, Jack & Jill Fun Snacks, Great Taste Coffee...
, also known as Presto, a Philippine Basketball Association team
Automotive
- Presto-MaticPresto-MaticThe M6 Presto-Matic was a Chrysler Corporation transmission produced from 1946-1953. It was a hybrid manual transmission with a torque converter or fluid coupling like an automatic...
(1946–1953), a Chrysler Corporation transmission - Rinspeed PrestoRinspeed PrestoThe Rinspeed Presto is a concept car from the Swiss company Rinspeed, unveiled in 2002. At the touch of a button, it would expand it from a nine-foot, two-seat cabrio to a twelve-foot four-seater...
, a Swiss concept car that could stretch itself between 2-seat and 4-seat configurations - Hyundai ExcelHyundai ExcelThe Hyundai Excel , also known as the Hyundai Pony, Hyundai Presto and the Mitsubishi Precis, was the first front wheel drive car produced by Hyundai. The Excel was built from 1985 to 1994...
, a car also known as the Hyundai Presto in South Korea
Food
- National Presto IndustriesNational Presto IndustriesNational Presto Industries is a company founded in 1905 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin in the "appliances" industry. Originally called the "Northwestern Steel and Iron Works" and then becoming the "National Pressure Cooker Company" in 1917, the company produced pressure canners. Beginning in 1939,...
, manufacturer of Presto pressure cookers - Presto (UK supermarket)Presto (UK Supermarket)Presto Foodmarkets was a chain of supermarkets and convenience stores in Great Britain. The brand finally disappeared during 1998.-Presto Foodmarkets:...
, a food store chain in the United Kingdom until the late-1990
Computers
- Presto (operating system), a fast Linux-based OS by Xandros
- Presto (layout engine)Presto (layout engine)Presto is the layout engine for later versions of the Opera web browser . After several public betas and technical previews, it was released on January 28, 2003 in Opera 7 for Windows, and as of Opera 11 it is still in use. Presto is dynamic: the page or parts of it can be re-rendered in response...
, used in the Opera web browser - Presto StudiosPresto StudiosPresto Studios was a computer game development company of the 1990s, especially famous for its award-winning The Journeyman Project series and the 2001 sequel to Cyan's hit Myst series, Myst III: Exile....
, a computer game development company
Other products and services
- Presto!Presto!Presto! is an automated teller machine network owned and operated by Publix Super Markets. There are over 1032 Presto ATMs in Florida, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and Tennessee, all located at Publix retail stores...
, an ATM network owned and operated by Publix Supermarkets - Presto card, a smartcard-based fare payment system used in the Greater Toronto Area and Hamilton, Canada
- PrestoCentre, an international non-profit organisation enhancing collaboration between audiovisual archives