Receiver
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Receiver may mean:
- The listening device part of a telephone
- The handset containing that device
- Receiver (radio), an electronic device that changes a radio signal from a transmitter into useful information
- Receiver (modulated ultrasound), a device that converts a modulated ultrasound signal into useful information
- Receiver (information theory), the receiving end of a communications channel
- Digital media receiver
- AV receiver
- Receiver (firearms), houses the operating parts of the gun
- A receiver is a person that is 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 when the entity has gone into receivership
- Administrative receivership
- 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
- Wide receiver or tight end, in American football
- Receiver in Australian rules football, a type of midfielder
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