Carrier
For people named Carrier, see Carrier (surname).
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Carrier may refer to:
Science
- Carrier wave, a waveform suitable for modulation by an information-bearing signal
- Charge carrier, an unbound particle carrying an electric charge
- a carrier set is the underlying set of an algebraic structure
- 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
- Disease carrier (disambiguation) in medicine
- Gestational carrier, a surrogate mother
Technology
- Carrier recovery in telecommunications
- Lathe carrier, a device that transfers motion to a workpiece
- Carrier, a free instant messaging client based on Pidgin
Military
- Aircraft carrier, a warship primarily hosting fixed-wing aircraft
- Helicopter carrier, a warship primarily hosting helicopters
- Universal Carrier, a tracked vehicle
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
- The Carrier Dome, a multi-sport, domed athletic facility in Syracuse, New York, named for the Carrier Corporation
Commerce
- Carrier (bearer), a person who carries objects for others
- 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
- Carrier is used to mean a Telephone company that provides local, long distance or value added services
- Insurance carrier, a company selling insurance
- Mail carrier, a postal worker
Entertainment
- Carrier (video game), a 2000 video game for the Sega Dreamcast
- Carrier Command, a 1988 simulator game for Amiga and many other platforms
- Carrier (game), a South Pacific World War II board game from Victory Games
- Carrier (documentary), a ten-part documentary miniseries that aired on PBS in April 2008
- Carriers (film), a 2009 horror thriller film
- 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
- Carrier, an Australian band and Clan Analogue member creating improvised electronic music
- Carrier (album), a 2013 album by The Dodos
- "Carrier", an episode of NCIS: New Orleans
Other
- an informal abbreviation of carrier bag
- Luggage carrier