Carrier

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Carrier has several very different meanings:

in Science (physics, electronics, biology, mathematics, chemistry and other sciences)

• Carrier wave, a waveform suitable for modulation by an information-bearing signal
• Charge carrier, in physics a free (mobile, unbound) particle carrying an electric charge
• in mathematics, the set over which a Boolean algebra is defined is the carrier.
• Carrier-protein, a protein that facilitates the transport of another molecule
• Asymptomatic carrier, a person who is infected with an infectious disease or carries the abnormal gene of a recessive genetic disorder, but displays no symptoms
• Chloroorganic carrier, a group of molecules that facilitates the transport of dyes into a fiber

in Society or Geography

• the Dakelh (known in English as the Carrier), 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

in Commerce

• 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
• 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

in Entertainment

• 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), a South Pacific World War II board game from Victory Games
• Protoss Carrier, a unit in the StarCraft computer game
• The Carrier, the enormous living interdimensional spaceship home to the Authority, a team of comic superheroes

other things and people

• Aircraft carrier, a type of warship
• Lathe carrier, a device that transfers motion to a workpiece