Carrier 40845 225503306 2008-07-14T01:10:56Z Codejkoolguy 869129 {{for|people named Carrier|Carrier (surname)}} '''Carrier''' has various meanings: {{wiktionarypar|carrier}} '''In Science''' ([[physics]], [[electronics]], [[biology]], [[mathematics]], [[chemistry]] and other sciences): * [[Carrier wave]], a waveform suitable for modulation by an information-bearing signal * [[Charge carrier]], an unbound particle carrying an electric charge * a mathematical [[Set]] over which a [[Boolean algebra (structure)|Boolean algebra]] is defined. * [[Carrier-protein]], a protein that facilitates the transport of another molecule * a [[Catalyst]] or other intermediary in a [[chemical reaction]] * [[Asymptomatic carrier]], an organism infected with an infectious disease agent, but displaying no symptoms * [[Genetic carrier]], an organism that has inherited a genetic trait or mutation, but displaying no symptoms * [[Chloroorganic carrier]], a group of molecules that facilitates the transport of dyes into a fiber * an inert substance co-packaged with an active pharmaceutical [[drug]] * [[Disease carrier|Carrier (disease)]] in medicine. '''[[Technology]]: * [[Carrier recovery]] in telecommunications * [[Lathe carrier]], 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 (software)|Carrier]], a multiprotocol [[instant messenger]]. '''[[Ethnography]] and [[geography]]''': * Carrier is the English name for the [[Dakelh]], an indigenous [[First Nations]] people of [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]] * [[Carrier language]], the [[Athabaskan]] language of the Dakelh people * [[Carrier, Oklahoma]], a town in [[Garfield County, Oklahoma]], United States '''[[Commerce]]''': * [[Wireless carrier]], an organization that operates a [[wireless network]] for [[mobile phones]] * [[Common carrier]], 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 Corporation]], the air conditioning and commercial refrigeration manufacturing division of United Technologies, named after its founder, [[Willis Carrier]] * [[Telephone company | Carrier (telephony, networking)]], A term used to refer to various telephone companies that provide local, long distance or value added services. A system or systems whereby many channels of electrical information can be carried over a single transmission path * [[CARRIERS-interconnect]], software company that offers products and solutions for worldwide telecommunication businesses * [[Mail carrier]], a postal worker '''Entertainment''': * [[Carrier (video game)|''Carrier'' (video game)]], a video game for the Sega Dreamcast play system * ''[[Carrier Command]]'', a simulator game for Amiga and many other platforms * [[Carrier (game)|''Carrier'' (game)]], a South Pacific World War II [[board game]] from Victory Games * [[Carrier (documentary)|''Carrier'' (documentary)]], a ten-part documentary [[miniseries]] that aired on [[PBS]] in April 2008 * Carrier, a [[Protoss]] capital ship and fighter platform in the ''[[StarCraft]]'' science-fiction series. * [[The Carrier]], the enormous living interdimensional spaceship home to [[the Authority]], a team of comic superheroes * [[Helicarrier]], a flying aircraft carrier from the Marvel Comics. '''Other''': * [[Aircraft carrier]], a type of warship * an informal abbreviation of [[carrier bag]] {{disambig}} [[de:Carrier]] [[fr:Carrier]] [[nl:Carrier]] [[pl:Nośnik]] [[sk:Nosič]]