Transporter

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Transporter may be a reference to:

• a business or person involved in the transport of goods or people
• an animal transporter, vehicle for transporting animals
• a molecular transporter, which moves molecules across cell membranes
• the Volkswagen Transporter, a model of van from Volkswagen
  • VW Type 2, the original rear engine Volkswagen Transporter
  • VW Eurovan, the front engine Volkswagen Transporter produced from 1990
• The Transporter, a movie about a person transporting goods, and its sequel Transporter 2.
• Transporter, an Australian band
• Transporter (album), a 2004 self-published album by Immaculate Machine

The term transporter may also be used to refer to a device in science fiction:

• Teleportation devices, commonplace in science fiction.
• Transporter (Star Trek), teleportation devices in the Star Trek universe.
• Stargate usages:
  • Atlantis teleporters — a technology used by the Ancients for transposing the contents of two teleporter rooms on Atlantis
  • Beaming device — a technology used by the Asgard for orbital ship to planetary surface or closer transport
  • Ring Transporter — a technology used by the Goa'uld and Tok'ra for orbital ship to planetary surface or closer transpositioning via a set of rings that pop out of the ground or ceiling to surround the subjects at both ends
  • Thor's Hammer — an automated teleportation device set up by the Asgard on one planet near the stargate to protect the planet's population from the Goa'uld.
  • Wraith transporter — a technology used by the Wraith for transporting from a planetary surface to their Dart (low-altitude raiding) ships
• An iron clad gun ship, blockade runner, frieghter, ram mounting around fifty cannons that appeared in First Earth.