Receiver
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Receiver may mean:
- Receiver (Information Theory) the receiving end of a communications channel
- the listening device part of a telephone
- Receiver (radio), an electronic device that converts a radio signal from a transmitter into useful information
- Receiver (modulated ultrasound), a device that converts a modulated ultrasound signal into useful information
- Receiver (hearing aids), a transducer in hearing aids responsible for converting the electric input signal into an acoustic output signal; see also hearing aid
- Receiver (firearms), houses the operating parts of the gun
- Alcohol receiver, post-distillation receptacle
- Receiver (legal), a person that is appointed as a custodian of other people's property by a court of law or a creditor of the owner, pending a lawsuit or bankruptcy - See Administrative receivership
- Receiver Records Limited, a record label
- AV receiver
- Digital media receiver
- Metropolitan Police Receiver, formerly the chief financial officer of the London Metropolitan Police
[edit] Sports
- Wide receiver or tight end, in American football
- Receiver (Australian rules football), a type of midfielder in Australian rules football
[edit] See also
da:Modtagerde:Empfänger es:Receptor gl:Receptor nl:Ontvanger ja:受信機 pl:Odbiornik
