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Receiver may mean:

Communication

Non communications objects

  • Receiver (firearms), houses the operating parts of the gun
  • Alcohol receiver, post-distillation receptacle

Law

  • 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

Nouns

  • Receiver Records Limited, a record label
  • Metropolitan Police Receiver, formerly the chief financial officer of the London Metropolitan Police
  • Receiver of Wreck, an official of the UK's Maritime and Coastguard Agency, headquartered in Southampton, concerned with the management of wrecked ships

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The telephone is a telecommunications device which is used to transmit and receive sound (most commonly speech). Most telephones operate through transmission of electric signals over a complex telephone network which allows almost any phone user to communicate with almost anyone.
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A transceiver is a device that has both a transmitter and a receiver which are combined and share common circuitry or a single housing. If no circuitry is common between transmit and receive functions, the device is a transmitter-receiver. The term originated in the early 1920s.
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A radio receiver is an electronic circuit that receives its input from an antenna, uses electronic filters to separate a wanted radio signal from all other signals picked up by this antenna, amplifies it to a level suitable for further processing, and finally converts through
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In modulated ultrasound terminology, a receiver is a device that receives a modulated ultrasound signal and decodes it for use as sound, navigational-position information, etc. Its function is somewhat like that of a radio receiver
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transducer is a device, usually electrical, electronic, electro-mechanical, electromagnetic, photonic, or photovoltaic that converts one type of energy to another for various purposes including measurement or information transfer (for example, pressure sensors).
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hearing aid is an instrument that brings sound more effectively to the listener's ear,[1] helping hearing impaired people hear sounds better. Early devices were passive, and attempted to gather sound energy and direct it to the ear.
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The receiver in information theory is the receiving end of a communication channel. It receives decoded messages/information from the sender, who first encoded them. Sometimes the receiver is modeled so as to include the decoder.
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Communications may refer to:
  • Communication, allows organisms to exchange information by several methods
  • Telecommunication, the transmission of signals over a distance for the purpose of communication

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Information processing is the change (processing) of information in any manner detectable by an observer. As such, it is a process which describes everything which happens (changes) in the universe, from the falling of a rock (a change in position) to the printing of a
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In information theory, an observer is any system which receives information from an object.

Observer can have the following meanings:
  • A person that is observing, its role in observational sciences and physical reference frames: see observation

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Message in its most general meaning is an object of communication. It is something which provides information; it can also be this information itself. Therefore, its meaning is dependent upon the context in which it is used; the term may apply to both the information and its form.
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Information is the result of processing, gathering, manipulating and organizing data in a way that adds to the knowledge of the receiver. In other words, it is the context in which data is taken.
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A source or sender is one of the basic concepts of communication and information processing. Sources are objects which encode message data and transmit the information, via a channel, to one or more observers (or receivers).
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Object may refer to:
  • Object (philosophy), a thing, being or concept
  • Physical entity, something that is tangible and within the grasp of the senses

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DECODE is a single-row function in Oracle, which applies conditional logic to SQL queries. This function works very much like an IF-THEN-ELSE statement.

Syntax: DECODE (expression1, value1, return_value1, value2, return_value2, ...
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A digital media receiver is a home entertainment device used to connect a home theatre system to a computer network in order to retrieve media files (music, pictures, video). They are capable of browsing file trees and using metadata to organize media files.
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AV receivers or audio-video receivers are one of the many consumer electronics components typically found within a home theatre system. Their primary purpose is to amplify sound from a multitude of possible audio sources as well as route video signals to your TV from
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receiver is the part of a firearm that houses the operating parts. It is sometimes called the body of the firearm, and especially in the context of handguns (revolvers and pistols) it is often called the frame.
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court is a public forum used by a power base to adjudicate disputes and dispense civil, labour, administrative and criminal justice under its laws. In common law and civil law states, courts are the central means for dispute resolution, and it is generally understood that all
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Administrative receivership is a procedure in common law countries whereby a creditor can enforce security against a company's assets in an effort to obtain repayment of the secured debt.
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The Receiver, formally called The Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District (and sometimes referred to early in the post's existence as the Receiver-General
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The Receiver of Wreck, a post defined under the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 is an official of the British government whose main task is to process incoming reports of wreck in order to:
  • Give legitimate owners the opportunity to retrieve their property

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wide receiver (WR) position in American and Canadian football is the pass-catching specialist. Wide receivers (also referred to as wideouts or simply receivers
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tight end (TE) is a position in American football on the offensive team. The tight end is the last man on the offensive line but has a slightly different build and in some cases a different role than other linemen.
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Australian rules football, also known as Australian football, Aussie rules, or simply "football" or "footy" is a code of football played with a prolate spheroid ball, on large oval shaped fields (cricket fields), with four posts at each end.
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A receipt is a written acknowledgement that a specified article or sum of money has been received as an exchange. The receipt acts as the title to the property obtained in the exchange.
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