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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 converts a radio signal from a transmitter into useful information

★ Receiver (modulated ultrasound), a device that converts a modulated ultrasound signal into useful information

★ Receiver (hearing aids), a transducer in hearing aids responsible for converting the electric input signal into an acoustic output signal; see also hearing aid

★ Receiver (information theory), the receiving end of a communications channel

★ In communications and information processing, a 'receiver' is the recipient(observer) of a message(information), which is sent from a source{object). Receivers decode messages.

★ Receiver (firearms), houses the operating parts of the gun

★ Alcohol receiver, post-distillation receptacle

★ 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

★ Receiver Records Limited, a record label

★ AV receiver

★ Digital media receiver

★ 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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Sports

See also

Sports

★ Wide receiver or tight end, in American football

★ Receiver (Australian rules football), a type of midfielder in Australian rules football

See also

★ Receipt