Imashini bivuga izina rusange ryimashini nishyirahamwe.Imashini nigikoresho cyangwa igikoresho cyorohereza akazi cyangwa kuzigama imirimo.Ibintu nka chopsticks, sima, na twezers byose bishobora kwitwa imashini.Ni imashini yoroshye.Imashini zigoye zigizwe nubwoko bubiri cyangwa bwinshi bwimashini zoroshye.Izi mashini zigoye cyane zitwa imashini.Duhereye ku miterere no kugenda, nta tandukaniro riri hagati yinzego nimashini, mubisanzwe byitwa imashini.

Imashini, zikomoka mu kigereki Mechine na Machina y'Ikilatini, mu ntangiriro zerekeza ku “gishushanyo mbonera”, nk'igitekerezo rusange cy’imashini, gishobora guhera mu gihe cya kera cy'Abaroma, cyane cyane gutandukanya ibikoresho by'intoki.Ijambo ry'iki gihe ry'igishinwa “imashini” ni ijambo rusange kuri Mechanism na Machine y'Icyongereza.Ibiranga imashini ni: imashini nuruvange rwibigize umubiri.Hariho icyerekezo kigaragara hagati yibice byimashini.Kubwibyo, Imashini irashobora guhindura ingufu zubukanishi cyangwa kuzuza imirimo yingirakamaro, nicyo gitekerezo cyibanze mu ihame ryimashini zigezweho.Igitekerezo kigezweho cyimashini zubushinwa gikomoka ahanini ku ijambo "imashini" mu kiyapani.Igitekerezo cyimashini mubikoresho byimashini zo mubuyapani zisobanurwa kuburyo bukurikira (buhuye nibintu bitatu bikurikira, byitwa Machine Machine).

Ibice by'ibanze bya mashini (cyane cyane: ibyuma, ibyuma, imashini, ibice bya hydraulic, ibice bya pneumatike, kashe, ibifunga, nibindi) nibice byingenzi mubikorwa byinganda zikora ibikoresho, bigena neza imikorere, urwego, ubwiza nubwizerwe bwibikoresho bikomeye kandi ibicuruzwa byakiriye, kandi nurufunguzo rwo kumenya ihinduka ryinganda zikora ibikoresho kuva binini kugeza bikomeye.

Gukora ibice byubukanishi nuburyo bukoreshwa muburyo ingano yimiterere cyangwa imikorere yibikorwa byahinduwe no gutunganya imashini.Ukurikije ubushyuhe bwimiterere yakazi, igabanijwemo gutunganya ubukonje no gutunganya bishyushye.Mubisanzwe mubyumba byo gutunganya ubushyuhe, kandi ntibitera ibice byakazi ka shimi cyangwa impinduka zicyiciro bita gutunganya ubukonje.Mubisanzwe hejuru cyangwa munsi yubushyuhe busanzwe bwo gutunganya, bizatera ibihangano byakazi cyangwa impinduka zicyiciro bita gutunganya bishyushye.Imashini ikonje irashobora kugabanywa mugukata imashini no gutunganya igitutu ukurikije itandukaniro ryuburyo bwo gutunganya.Akazi gashyushye mubisanzwe karimo kuvura ubushyuhe, kubara, guta no gusudira.Byongeye kandi, kuvura bishyushye n'imbeho bikunze gukoreshwa muguterana.Kurugero, iyo ibyuma byegeranijwe, impeta y'imbere ikunze gushyirwa muri azote yuzuye kugirango ikonje kugirango igabanye ubunini bwayo, impeta yo hanze irashyuha neza kugirango yongere ubunini bwayo, hanyuma igateranyirizwa hamwe.Impeta yo hanze yiziga rya gari ya moshi nayo yashyutswe kuri matrix, ishobora kwemeza gukomera kwayo igihe ikonje.

Bitewe nisoko rinini kandi rishyigikiwe na politiki, Ubushinwa bwabaye isoko rinini ku isi rikora imashini n’inganda n’isoko rikoreshwa mu mashini za tunnel, kandi imashini zikoresha imiyoboro yo mu gihugu nazo zagize uruhare runini mu guhangana ku isoko mpuzamahanga.Nyamara, haracyari ibibazo byinshi muruganda rukora imashini.Isoko ryunze ubumwe, rifunguye kandi rihiganwa byuzuye ni ikintu cyingenzi cyiterambere ryiza kandi rirambye ryinganda zikora imashini.