Observer

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An observer is one who engages in observation or in watching an experiment.

Observer may also refer to:

Computer science and information 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

Fiction

Observer (Mystery Science Theater 3000), a fictional television character
Observers, beings in the television show Fringe

Music

"Observer", a song by Gary Numan on his album The Pleasure Principle
"The Observer", a track from The Flaming Lips' 1999 album The Soft Bulletin
The Observers, alternative name for reggae session band Soul Syndicate when working with Winston Holness (a.k.a. Niney the Observer).

Physics

Politics and diplomacy

Observer status, granted by an organization to allow a non-member limited participation
An election observer, one who assists in election monitoring

Military

Air observer, an aircrew member
Royal Observer Corps, a civil defence organisation, originally tasked with reporting enemy aircraft.

Publications

The Observer, a UK Sunday newspaper
The Texas Observer, a political magazine
New York Observer, a weekly newspaper from 1987 to 2016, continued by Observer.com
Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka), a weekly newspaper
Observer, a member magazine of Association for Psychological Science
The Observer (disambiguation), any of various periodicals

Other

A game official sometimes used in the sport Ultimate
The Observer type in the Enneagram of Personality model
Air observer, an aircraft crew role
Observer Radio, a radio station from St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda
Observer, the cyberpunk horror video game

See also

Observer effect (disambiguation)
National Observer (disambiguation), a variety of publications

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