Receiver

Receiver may refer to:

Technology

• The listening device part of a telephone
  • The handset that sometimes contains the above device
  • The headset (telephone/computer) that can also contain the above device.

• Audio-Visual receiver
• Digital media receiver
• Receiver (firearms), which houses the working parts of the firearm
• Receiver (modulated ultrasound), a device that converts a modulated ultrasonic wave into usable information
• Receiver (radio), an electronic device that converts a radio signal from a modulated radio wave into usable information, audio, video, or otherwise
• Television set
• Tuner (electronics)
• Tuner (radio)
• Tuner (television)

Other

• Receiver (information theory), the receiving end of a communications channel
• Receiver, in receivership, a person appointed as a custodian of another entity's property by a court of law or a creditor of the owner, pending a lawsuit or bankruptcy
• Metropolitan Police Receiver, formerly the chief financial officer of the London Metropolitan Police
• Receiver of Wreck, an official of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency of the United Kingdom, who is concerned with the management of wrecked ships and boats
• Wide receiver, an offensive position in American and Canadian football
• Receiver, in Australian rules football, a type of midfielder
• Receiver, a person who receives goods in a distribution center

Receive may mean:

• To take part in Eucharist, the Christian sacrament of consecrating bread and wine

See also

• All pages beginning with "receive"
• All pages with titles containing "receive*"
• Receiving (disambiguation)
• Receipt
• Receptor (biochemistry)