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'''Carrier''' has various meanings:
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'''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]]
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