Receiver Explained
Receiver or receive may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
Music
Albums
- Receiver (album), the second and final album of the band Farmer Not So John, released in 1998
- Receivers (album), the fourth full-length release from Parts & Labor, released in 2008 on Jagjaguwar Records
Songs
Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media
Roles and professions
- Receiver, a person who receives goods in a distribution center
- 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
Sports
Technology
- 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 signal from a modulated radio wave into usable information
- Tuner (radio), a subsystem that receives radio frequency (RF) transmissions and converts into a fixed frequency
- Receiver, the listening device part of a telephone
- The headset (audio) that can also contain the above device
- The handset that sometimes contains the above device
- AV receiver, part of a home theater system
- Citrix Receiver, a software client application used for virtualization
- Digital media receiver
- Television set, "telly" (UK), is a device that combines a tuner, display, and speakers for the purpose of viewing television
- Tuner (television), a subsystem that converts radio frequency analog television or digital television transmission into audio and video signals
- Milk receiver, the part of a milking machine setup in which milk is collected: see milking pipeline
Other uses
See also
