Carrier
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Carrier may refer to:
Science
- Carrier waveCarrier waveIn telecommunications, a carrier wave or carrier is a waveform that is modulated with an input signal for the purpose of conveying information. This carrier wave is usually a much higher frequency than the input signal...
, a waveform suitable for modulation by an information-bearing signal - Charge carrierCharge carrierIn physics, a charge carrier is a free particle carrying an electric charge, especially the particles that carry electric currents in electrical conductors. Examples are electrons and ions...
, an unbound particle carrying an electric charge - a mathematical Set over which an algebraic structureAlgebraic structureIn abstract algebra, an algebraic structure consists of one or more sets, called underlying sets or carriers or sorts, closed under one or more operations, satisfying some axioms. Abstract algebra is primarily the study of algebraic structures and their properties...
is defined - Carrier proteinCarrier proteinCarrier proteins are proteins involved in the movement of ions, small molecules, or macromolecules, such as another protein, across a biological membrane. Carrier proteins are integral membrane proteins; that is they exist within and span the membrane across which they transport substances. The...
, a protein that facilitates the transport of another molecule - a Catalyst or other intermediary in a chemical reaction
- Asymptomatic carrierAsymptomatic carrierAn asymptomatic carrier is a person or other organism that has contracted an infectious disease, but who displays no symptoms. Although unaffected by the disease themselves, carriers can transmit it to others...
, an organism infected with an infectious disease agent, but displaying no symptoms - Genetic carrierGenetic carrierA genetic carrier , is a person or other organism that has inherited a genetic trait or mutation, but who does not display that trait or show symptoms of the disease. They are, however, able to pass the gene onto their offspring, who may then express the gene...
, an organism that has inherited a genetic trait or mutation, but displaying no symptoms - Disease carrier (disambiguation) in medicine
- Gestational carrier, a surrogate mother
Technology
- Carrier recoveryCarrier recoveryA carrier recovery system is a circuit used to estimate and compensate for frequency and phase differences between a received signal's carrier wave and the receiver's local oscillator for the purpose of coherent demodulation....
in telecommunications - Lathe carrierLathe carrierA lathe dog, also known as a lathe carrier, is a device that clamps around the workpiece and allows the rotary motion of the machine's spindle to be transmitted to the workpiece....
, a device that transfers motion to a workpiece - NO CARRIER, a text message transmitted by a modem to a computer to indicate that it is not, or no longer, connected to a remote party
- Carrier, a free instant messaging client based on Pidgin (software)Pidgin (software)Pidgin is an open-source multi-platform instant messaging client, based on a library named libpurple. Libpurple has support for many commonly used instant messaging protocols, allowing the user to log into various services from one application.The number of Pidgin users was estimated to be over 3...
Ethnography and geography
- Carrier is the English name for the DakelhDakelhThe Dakelh or Carrier are the indigenous people of a large portion of the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada.Most Carrier call themselves Dakelh, meaning "people who go around by boat"...
, an indigenous First Nations people of British Columbia, Canada - Carrier languageCarrier languageThe Carrier language is a Northern Athabaskan language. It is named after the Dakelh people, a First Nations people of the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada, for whom Carrier is the usual English name. People who are referred to as Carrier speak two related languages. One,...
, the Athabaskan language of the Dakelh people - Carrier, OklahomaCarrier, OklahomaCarrier is a town in Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 77 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Carrier is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land....
, a town in Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States - The Carrier DomeCarrier DomeThe Carrier Dome is a 49,250-seat domed sports stadium located on the campus of Syracuse University in the University Hill neighborhood of Syracuse, New York, USA. It is home to the Syracuse Orange football, basketball, and lacrosse teams. High school football championships are also held in "The...
, a multi-sport, domed athletic facility in Syracuse, New York, named for the Carrier Corporation
Commerce
- Carrier (bearer), a person who carries objects for others
- Wireless carrier, an organization that operates a wireless network for mobile phones
- Common carrierCommon carrierA common carrier in common-law countries is a person or company that transports goods or people for any person or company and that is responsible for any possible loss of the goods during transport...
, an organization that transports a product or service using its facilities, or those of other carriers, and offers its services to the general public - Carrier CorporationCarrier CorporationThe Carrier Corporation is one of the world’s largest manufacturers and distributors of heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems, and a global leader in the commercial refrigeration and food service equipment industry...
, the air conditioning and commercial refrigeration manufacturing division of United Technologies, named after its founder, Willis Carrier - Carrier is used to mean a Telephone companyTelephone companyA telephone company is a service provider of telecommunications services such as telephony and data communications access. Many were at one time nationalized or state-regulated monopolies...
that provides local, long distance or value added services - CARRIERS-interconnectCARRIERS-interconnectCARRIERS-interconnect is the sister company of Grupo SMS created to allow worldwide telecommunications companies to obtain total control of their domestic and international wholesale traffic business and maximize profit from their commercial agreements...
, software company that offers products and solutions for worldwide telecommunication businesses - Mail carrierMail carrierA mail carrier, mailman, postal carrier, postman, postwoman , postman/postwoman , letter carrier or postie is an employee of the post office or postal service, who delivers mail and parcel post to residences and businesses...
, a postal worker
Entertainment
- Carrier (video game)Carrier (video game)Carrier is a survival horror video game for the Dreamcast, notable in part for being fully 3D - then still a rarity for survival horror games, which mostly displayed 3D characters over pre-rendered backgrounds...
, a 2000 video game for the Sega Dreamcast - Carrier CommandCarrier CommandCarrier Command is a landmark 1980s computer game available on Amiga, Atari ST, PC, ZX Spectrum, Apple Macintosh, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC computers....
, a 1988 simulator game for Amiga and many other platforms - Carrier (game)Carrier (game)Carrier is a solitaire game from Victory Games depicting the fighting in the Solomon Islands during World War II between Allied and Japanese forces. The game was designed by Jon Southard and uses a solitaire system similar to his earlier game Tokyo Express...
, a South Pacific World War II board game from Victory Games - Carrier (documentary)Carrier (documentary)Carrier is an Emmy Award-winning 10-hour documentary television series about a six-month deployment of a United States Navy aircraft carrier in 2005 from the United States to the Middle East and back...
, a ten-part documentary miniseries that aired on PBS in April 2006 - Carriers (documentary) A thirteen part history of US aircraft carriers, scene on the Discovery Channel ~1990
- Carriers (film)Carriers (film)Carriers is a 2009 American horror film about four people fleeing a viral pandemic. It was written and directed by Àlex Pastor and David Pastor and stars Lou Taylor Pucci, Chris Pine, Piper Perabo and Emily VanCamp.- Plot :...
, a 2009 horror thriller film - The CarrierThe CarrierThe Carrier is the fictional base of operations of The Authority, a Wildstorm Comics superteam. It is a shiftship, a ship capable of moving through the Bleed, the red space which separates alternate universes in the Wildstorm multiverse. It is long, high and two miles wide. It is powered by a...
, the enormous living interdimensional spaceship home to the Authority, a team of comic superheroes - HelicarrierHelicarrierThe Helicarrier is a fictional flying aircraft carrier specifically designed to be capable of independent powered flight in addition to the conventional functions of aircraft carriers...
, a flying aircraft carrier from the Marvel Comics - Carrier, an Australian band and Clan AnalogueClan Analogue-History:Clan Analogue was started in Sydney, Australia, in 1992 as a collective by founder Brendan J Palmer, and a small group of people who were interested and active in electronic sound...
member creating improvised electronic music
Other
- Aircraft carrierAircraft carrierAn aircraft carrier is a warship designed with a primary mission of deploying and recovering aircraft, acting as a seagoing airbase. Aircraft carriers thus allow a naval force to project air power worldwide without having to depend on local bases for staging aircraft operations...
, a type of warship - an informal abbreviation of carrier bag