Handler

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Handler may refer to:

a person who handles something:

• • animal handler, person who conducts animal training or is a wrangler (profession).
  • a sports handler, a coach (sport) or sports agent of a sports player, or a promoter (entertainment)
  • agent handler, person who manages a spy
  • Baggage handler, a person who loads and unloads baggage and other cargo for transport via aircraft
  • mail handler, a postal worker
  • Aircraft Handler, a branch of the Fleet Air Arm / Royal Navy

in computing, software code that reacts to an event or specializes in a type of data:

• Handler, an asynchronous callback subroutine in computing
• Handler, a particular class of service process in DNIX
• A20 handler, the IBM PC memory manager software controlling access to the High Memory Area
• event handler
• interrupt handler
• signal handler

a device or machine that performs a specific task:

• Air handler, a device used as part of an HVAC (Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning) system
• Handler, a robotic device used to automatically place a Device under test onto an Automatic Test Equipment system for the Semiconductor industry.
• Seismic Handler, an interactive analysis program for preferably continuous waveform data
• Telescopic handler, a machine widely used in Agriculture and Industry

in culture:

• Handler (play), by Robert Schenkkan
• The Handler, the third CD from American singer Har Mar Superstar
• Handler, a character class in Dragonlance

[edit] Persons named Handler

Handler is the surname of:

• Carole Handler, American Intellectual Property attorney
• Chelsea Handler, American stand-up comedian
• Daniel Handler, American author, screenwriter, and accordionist
• Evan Handler, American actor
• Evelyn Handler, 17th president of the University of New Hampshire
• Ferdinánd Nándor Handler (1836-1888), Hungarian architect
• Phil Handler, football player and coach who spent his entire professional career in the city of Chicago
• Rebecca Handler, American/Japanese actress
• Ruth Handler, American businesswoman and the president of the toy manufacturer Mattel

Handler may also refer to:

[edit] See also

• Hendler