Relay (disambiguation)

A relay is an electric switch operated by a signal in one circuit to control another circuit.

Relay may also refer to:

Historical

  • Relay station, a place where exhausted horses being used for transport could be exchanged for fresh ones
  • Cursus publicus, a courier service in the Roman Empire
  • Relay league, a chain of message-forwarding stations

Computer networking

  • BITNET Relay, a 1980s online chat system
  • Mail relay, a server used for forwarding e-mail

Other telecommunication

  • Relay (satellite)
  • Broadcast relay station, a transmitter which repeats or transponds the signal of another
  • Microwave radio relay
  • Relay channel, in information theory, a communications probability modeling system
  • Telecommunications Relay Service, a telephone accessibility service for the deaf
  • Repeater, an electronic device that receives and retransmits a signal

Automobiles

  • Citroën Relay, a marketing name for the Fiat Ducato van
  • Saturn Relay, a 2005-2007 minivan

Other uses

  • Relay (shop), a France-based chain of convenience stores
  • Relay (company), a peer-to-peer political texting platform
  • "Relay" (song), 1972, by The Who
  • Relay bid, in contract bridge
  • Relay race, completed in parts by several participants of a team
  • Relay neuron, in anatomy

See also

  • Retransmission (disambiguation)
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