Receiver

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Receiver or receive may refer to:

In technology

• The listening device part of a telephone
  • The handset that sometimes contains the above device
  • The headset (audio) that can also contain the above device
• AV receiver, part of a home theater system
• Citrix Receiver, a software client application used for virtualization
• 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 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
• 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

Music

• "Receive" (song), a song by Canadian-American recording artist Alanis Morissette
• Receiver (album), the second and final album of the band Farmer Not So John, released in 1998
• Receiver (single), a single by Wagon Christ
• Receivers (album), the fourth full-length release from Parts & Labor, released in 2008 on Jagjaguwar Records

Other uses

• Receiver (information theory), the receiving end of a communications channel
• Receiver (video game), a 2012 first-person shooter
• 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 leagues
• A type of midfielder in Australian rules football
• A person who receives goods in a distribution center
• Receiver (statue), a public statue in Green Bay, Wisconsin associated with the Green Bay Packers

See also

• All pages beginning with receive
• All pages with a title containing receive*
• Receiving (disambiguation)
• Receipt
• Receptor (biochemistry)