Receiver

Receiver may refer to:

In Technology:

• The listening device part of a telephone
  • The handset that sometimes contains the above device
  • The headset (audio) that can also contain the above device.
• AV receiver, part of a home theatre system
• Digital media receiver
• Receiver (firearms), which houses the working parts of the firearm
• Receiver (modulated ultrasound), a device that converts a modulated ultrasonic wave into usable information
• Receiver (radio), an electronic device that converts a signal from a modulated radio wave into usable information
  • Tuner (radio)
• Television set
  • Tuner (television)
• Tuner (electronics)

Other uses:

• Receiver (information theory), the receiving end of a communications channel
• In receivership, a person appointed as a custodian of another entity's property by a court of law or a creditor of the owner, pending a lawsuit or bankruptcy
• Metropolitan Police Receiver, formerly the chief financial officer of the London Metropolitan Police
• Receiver of Wreck, an official of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency of the United Kingdom, who is concerned with the management of wrecked ships and boats
• Wide receiver, an offensive position in American and Canadian football
• A type of midfielder in Australian rules football
• A person who receives goods in a distribution center

Receive may mean:

• To take part in Eucharist, the Christian sacrament of consecrating bread and wine