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'''Uber Technologies Inc.''' is a [[transportation network company]], or TNC for short, and offers services that include [[peer-to-peer ridesharing]], ride service hailing, [[food delivery]], and a [[bicycle-sharing system]]. The company has operations in 785 [[metropolitan area]]s worldwide.<ref name=cities/> Its platforms can be accessed via its websites and [[mobile app]]s. Uber has been so prominent in the [[sharing economy]] that the changes in industries as a result of it have been referred to as [[uberisation]],<ref>{{cite news | title=Apple Pay's Real Killer App: The Uber-ification of Local Services | url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-boland/apple-pays-real-killer-ap_b_6233828.html | first=Michael | last=Boland | work=[[The Huffington Post]] | date=December 1, 2014 | access-date=September 8, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170429134307/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-boland/apple-pays-real-killer-ap_b_6233828.html | archive-date=April 29, 2017 | dead-url=no | df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.manilatimes.net/execs-wary-disruptive-tech-to-heighten-biz-competition-ibm/260144/ | title=Execs wary 'disruptive tech' to heighten biz competition – IBM | first=Kristyn, Nika M. | last=LAZO | work=[[The Manila Times]] | date=May 4, 2016 | access-date=September 8, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180908202347/https://www.manilatimes.net/execs-wary-disruptive-tech-to-heighten-biz-competition-ibm/260144/ | archive-date=September 8, 2018 | dead-url=no | df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cso.com.au/mediareleases/27033/taking-uberization-to-the-field-disruption-is/ | title=Taking uberization to the Field – Disruption is coming for Field Marketing | work=[[International Data Group]] | date=April 14, 2016 | access-date=August 25, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612163011/https://www.cso.com.au/mediareleases/27033/taking-uberization-to-the-field-disruption-is/ | archive-date=June 12, 2018 | dead-url=no | df=mdy-all }}</ref> and many startups have described their products as "Uber for X".<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.wired.com/2016/12/uber-x-fad-will-pass-uber-uber/ | title=THE 'Uber For X' Fad Will Pass Because Only Uber Is Uber | first=Amy | last=Webb | authorlink=Amy Webb | work=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] | date=December 9, 2016 | access-date=August 29, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830012303/https://www.wired.com/2016/12/uber-x-fad-will-pass-uber-uber/ | archive-date=August 30, 2017 | dead-url=no | df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://blog.ycombinator.com/read-this-before-you-build-uber-for-x/ | title=Read This Before You Build Uber for X | first=Sam | last=Madden | work=[[Y Combinator]] | date=August 17, 2017 | access-date=January 4, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190104231130/https://blog.ycombinator.com/read-this-before-you-build-uber-for-x/ | archive-date=January 4, 2019 | dead-url=no | df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/the-uber-for-x-model-oppo_b_8895846.html | title=The ‘Uber for X’ Model: Opportunities and Challenges | first=Shawn | last=Porat | work=[[The Huffington Post]] | date=January 6, 2016 | access-date=January 4, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912023546/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/the-uber-for-x-model-oppo_b_8895846.html | archive-date=September 12, 2017 | dead-url=no | df=mdy-all }}</ref> Uber's headquarters are in [[San Francisco]], [[California]].

The name "Uber" comes from the German word "über", but changes the first letter spelling for English speaking countries to ''{{wikteng|uber}}'', which in the German language means "the best there is", "the greatest", or "the most ideal of".