Shutter

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Shutter may refer to:

Windows

• Window shutter, a solid window covering used to block light and winds
• Hurricane shutter, a reinforced window shutter for protection in strong winds

Optical devices

• Shutter (photography), a photographic device that administers the exposure by limiting the time over which light is admitted
• Movie projector shutter, used to interrupt the emitted light during the time the film is advanced to the next frame
• Stage lighting shutter, used to modify the light cast by a theatre light
• A device used to manipulate pulses of light in a signal lamp

Films

• Shutter (2004 film), a horror film from Thailand
• Shutter (2007 film), a short film starring Sonja Bennett
• Shutter (2008 film), an American remake of the 2004 film, starring Joshua Jackson
• Shutter (2012 film), an Indian thriller film

Other uses

• Shutter (software), a free and open-source screenshot tool for Linux
• Bradbury–Nielsen shutter, a type of electrical ion gate that is used in the field of mass spectrometry
• Remote shutter in a selfie stick
• Swell shutter, a flap used to control the flow of air through the pipes in a pipe organ
• Roller shutter, a metal gate device that secures and closes wide entrances and windows.

See also

• Shuttering (disambiguation)