Receiver

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

Sports

• Wide receiver or tight end, in American football
• Receiver (Australian rules football), a type of midfielder in Australian rules football

See also

• Receipt