Locator may refer to:
* One who locates, or is entitled to locate, a
land or
mining claim
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Lokator
The ''lokator'' (lat. ''locator'': landlord, land allocator, from Latin to allocate, rent, establish, settle or locate; also ''magister incolarum''; in Mecklenburg and Pomerania also or , similar to the ''Reutemeister'' in South Germany) was a m ...
'' (in Latin ''locator''), a medieval servant in charge of organizing colonization and settlement
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Locator map
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Locator software, a type of e-commerce software
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Maidenhead Locator System, a method used by amateur radio operators to define locations on the Earth
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Record locator
In airline reservation systems, a record locator is an alphanumeric or alpha code used to identify and access a specific record on an airline’s reservation system. An airline’s reservation system automatically generates a unique record locato ...
s used by airlines and travel agencies
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Uniform Resource Locator
A Uniform Resource Locator (URL), colloquially termed as a web address, is a reference to a web resource that specifies its location on a computer network and a mechanism for retrieving it. A URL is a specific type of Uniform Resource Identifi ...
(URL)
* A device used in
acoustic location
Acoustic location is the use of sound to determine the distance and direction of its source or reflector. Location can be done actively or passively, and can take place in gases (such as the atmosphere), liquids (such as water), and in solids (s ...
* ''The Locator'', a series of novels by Richard Greener which were adapted into the television series
''The Finder''
*(Laboratory) A person in charge of knowing where all the staff of a laboratory are located, using signals from a badge that the staff wear.
Aviation
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Non-directional beacon
A non-directional beacon (NDB) or non-directional radio beacon is a radio beacon which does not include directional information. Radio beacons are radio transmitters at a known location, used as an aviation or marine navigational aid. NDB are ...
, a radio navigation aid for use by pilots of aircraft
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Locator outer marker
A marker beacon is a particular type of VHF radio beacon used in aviation, usually in conjunction with an instrument landing system (ILS), to give pilots a means to determine position along an established route to a destination such as a runway ...
, a radio navigation aid for use with an aircraft instrument landing system
See also
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Locate (disambiguation)
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Location (disambiguation)
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