The term Marker may refer to:

Common uses

Marker (linguistics) In linguistics, a marker is a free or bound morpheme that indicates the grammatical function of the marked word, phrase, or sentence. Most characteristically, markers occur as clitics or inflectional affixes. In analytic languages and agglutinativ ...

, a morpheme that indicates some grammatical function *

Marker (telecommunications) A marker is a type of special purpose control system that was used in electromechanical telephone central office switches. Switches employing markers belong to a class of switches known as "common control", as the purpose of a marker is to contro ...

, a special-purpose computer *

Boundary marker A boundary marker, border marker, boundary stone, or border stone is a robust physical marker that identifies the start of a land boundary or the change in a boundary, especially a change in direction of a boundary. There are several other ty ...

, an object that identifies a land boundary * Marker or

Clapperboard A clapperboard (also known by various other names including dumb slate) is a device used in filmmaking and video production to assist in synchronizing of picture and sound, and to designate and mark the various scenes and takes as they are fi ...

, equipment used during filming * Marker, a set of sewing patterns placed over cloth to be cut *

Historical marker A commemorative plaque, or simply plaque, or in other places referred to as a historical marker, historic marker, or historic plaque, is a plate of metal, ceramic, stone, wood, or other material, typically attached to a wall, stone, or other ...

, a plaque erected at historically significant locations *

Marker pen A marker pen, fine liner, marking pen, felt-tip pen, felt pen, flow marker, sign pen (in South Korea), vivid (in New Zealand), texta (in Australia), sketch pen (in South Asia) or koki (in South Africa), is a pen which has its own ink source a ...

, a felt-tipped pen *

Paintball marker A paintball marker, also known as a paintball gun, paint gun, or simply marker, is an air gun used in the shooting sport of paintball, and the main piece of paintball equipment. Paintball markers use compressed gas, such as carbon dioxide (CO2) ...

, or paintball gun, an air gun *

Survey marker Survey markers, also called survey marks, survey monuments, or geodetic marks, are objects placed to mark key survey points on the Earth's surface. They are used in geodetic and land surveying. A ''benchmark'' is a type of survey marker that i ...

, an object placed to mark a point

Places

* 4253 Märker, a main belt asteroid *

Marker, Norway Marker is a municipality in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ørje. Marker was created as a new municipality on 1 January 1964 following the merger of the two former municipalities of Rødenes ...

, a municipality in Østfold county, Norway

People

Chris Marker Chris Marker (; 29 July 1921 – 29 July 2012) was a French writer, photographer, documentary film director, multimedia artist and Essay#Film, film essayist. His best known films are ''La Jetée'' (1962), ''A Grin Without a Cat'' (1977) and ''S ...

(1921–2012), French film maker and director of ''La jetée'' * Cliff Marker (1903–1972), American football player * Friedrich Märker (1893–1985), German writer, essayist, theatre critic and publicist *

Gary Marker Gary "Magic" Marker (May 23, 1943 – December 8, 2015) was an American bass guitarist and recording engineer, best known for his involvement in various psychedelic rock bands of the 1960s. A bass player with jazz leanings, who had studied at Ber ...

, American bass guitarist and recording engineer * Gus Marker (1905–1997), Canadian ice hockey player *

Harry Marker Harry Marker (October 7, 1899 – October 18, 1990) was an American Oscar-nominated film editor, who also worked in the television medium. Over the course of his 45-year career, he worked on more than 100 films and television shows. In 1946 he w ...

(1899 – 1990), American filmmaker *

James Marker James Marker (c. 1922 – May 2, 2012) was an American-born Canadian businessman who invented Cheezies, a brand of cheese curl snack food popular in Canada. Marker also established the Belleville Aerodrome, a private airport, in 1961. Marker wa ...

(c. 1920–2012), American-born Canadian businessman who invented Cheezies *

Jamsheed Marker Jamsheed Marker (24 November 1922 – 21 June 2018), was a Pakistani diplomat and a former cricket commentator. The recipient of Hilal-e-Imtiaz, he was associated with diplomatic career for over 42 years. He was notable for his tenure as A ...

(born 1922), Pakistani diplomat *

Nicky Marker Nicholas Robert Thomas Marker (born 3 May 1965) is an English football coach and former professional footballer. As a player he was defender who made more than 500 appearances during his career, notably in the Premier League with Blackburn Ro ...

(born 1965), English footballer and coach *

Peter Marker Peter Marker (born 21 March 1949) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with and captained Glenelg Football Club, Glenelg in the South Australian National Football League, SANFL during the late 1960s and 1970s, captaining the Tiger ...

, Australian Australian rules footballer and media personality *

Russell Earl Marker Russell Earl Marker (March 12, 1902 – March 3, 1995) was an American chemist who invented the octane rating system when he was working at the Ethyl Corporation. Later in his career, he went on to found a steroid industry in Mexico when he s ...

(1902–1995), American chemist * Steve Marker (born 1959), American musician and record producer, guitarist for Garbage *

Vic Marker Victor Marker (February 5, 1916 – July 8, 2002) was a boxer who was born and raised in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, then moved to Casper, Wyoming later in life. Marker was a three time Midwest Golden Gloves Champion from 1937–39 at 147 lbs. Mar ...

( fl. 1937–1939), American boxer *

Voris (designer) Voris was the professional name of Voris Marker, an American designer of suede sportswear who won the Neiman Marcus Fashion Award in 1942 for her work. As Voris Marker, she also worked as a sculptor. Early life and education Born Voris Linthac ...

, née Voris Marker (1908-1973), American fashion designer and sculptor

Arts, entertainment, and media

Marker (band) Ken Vandermark (born September 22, 1964) is an American composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist. A fixture on the Chicago-area music scene since the 1990s, Vandermark has earned wide critical praise for his playing and his multilayered composi ...

, a band formed in 2017 by Ken Vandermark * ''Marker'' (novel), a 2005 novel by Robin Cook * ''Marker'' (TV series), a 1995 American drama series * ''The Marker'' (film), a 2017 British crime film * ''

TheMarker ''TheMarker'' ( he, דה-מרקר) is a Hebrew-language daily business newspaper published by the Haaretz group in Israel. ''TheMarker'' was founded in 1999 by journalist and entrepreneur Guy Rolnik along with Haaretz group and U.S.-based invest ...

'', an Israeli Hebrew-language daily business newspaper * ''

Pistol Whipped ''Pistol Whipped'' is a 2008 American action film directed by Roel Reiné. The film stars Steven Seagal, and was released on direct-to-DVD in the United States on March 4, 2008. Plot Matt Conner is an unemployed, drinking deadbeat. Once he was ...

'' (working title: ''Marker''), a 2008 film starring Steven Seagal * Marker, a business website published by

Medium Medium may refer to: Science and technology Aviation *Medium bomber, a class of war plane *Tecma Medium, a French hang glider design Communication * Media (communication), tools used to store and deliver information or data * Medium of ...

Companies

Marker (ski bindings) Marker International is a German manufacturing company of equipment for winter sports established in 1952 and headquartered in Straubing, Lower Bavaria. Founded by Hannes Marker, the company is known for pioneering releasable binding technology. ...

, a company specializing in ski bindings

Science

Biological marker In biomedical contexts, a biomarker, or biological marker, is a measurable indicator of some biological state or condition. Biomarkers are often measured and evaluated using blood, urine, or soft tissues to examine normal biological processes, pa ...

, or biomarker, a substance used as an indicator of a biological state *

Genetic marker A genetic marker is a gene or DNA sequence with a known location on a chromosome that can be used to identify individuals or species. It can be described as a variation (which may arise due to mutation or alteration in the genomic loci) that can be ...