Observer 206806 223203839 2008-07-03T01:11:57Z Alynna Kasmira 299884 tag as disambig {{Wiktionary}} '''''Observer''''' may refer to: *Any [[Observation|person who is observing]] *A person who is permitted to observe, and report on, the proceedings of an assembly or a meeting but who is not permitted to vote or otherwise participate. *An [[aircrew member]] of a (military) aircraft responsible for searching (usually visually) for intelligence, opposing forces, survivors, and other occurrences of interest to the mission *[[Observer (special relativity)]], a notion from the special relativity theory *In [[information theory]], any system which receives information from an object. *A [[state observer]] in control theory, a system that models a real system in order to provide an estimate of its internal state *[[Observer pattern]], a design pattern used in computer programming *An airborne reconnaissance robot used by the [[Protoss]] in the ''[[StarCraft]]'' series. *[[Observer (MST3K)]] aka Brain Guy, one of many omnipotent aliens in ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'' *"The Observer", a track from [[The Flaming Lips]]' 1999 album ''[[The Soft Bulletin]]'' * The [[observer effect]], changes that the act of observing will make on the phenomenon being observed * "[[Observer Effect]]", the 87th episode from the television series ''Star Trek: Enterprise'' ==Publications== *''[[The Observer]]'', a UK Sunday newspaper *''[[The Texas Observer]]'', an American political magazine *A [[List of newspapers in Sri Lanka|Sri Lankan]] Sunday and evening newspaper * [[The Observer (disambiguation)]], various newspapers {{disambig}} [[cs:Pozorovatel]] [[de:Beobachter]] [[ja:オブザーバー]]