Receiver or receive may refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Music

Albums

* ''Receiver'' (album), the second and final album of the band Farmer Not So John, released in 1998 * ''Receivers'' (album), the fourth full-length release from Parts & Labor, released in 2008 on Jagjaguwar Records

Songs

* "Receive" (song), a song by Canadian-American recording artist Alanis Morissette *

Receiver (single) Luke Vibert (born 26 January 1973) is a British electronic musician and music producer, producer, also known for his work under several aliases such as Plug and Wagon Christ. Raised in Cornwall, England, Cornwall, Vibert began releasing project ...

, a single by Wagon Christ * "Receiver", a song by the American band Bright on the album '' Bells Break Their Towers''

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Receiver'' (statue), a public statue in Green Bay, Wisconsin associated with the Green Bay Packers * ''Receiver'' (video game), a 2012 first-person shooter

Roles and professions

* Receiver, a person who receives goods in a

distribution center A distribution center for a set of products is a warehouse or other specialized building, often with refrigeration or air conditioning, which is stocked with products (goods) to be redistributed to retailers, to wholesalers, or directly to con ...

* Receiver, in

receivership In law, receivership is a situation in which an institution or enterprise is held by a receiver—a person "placed in the custodial responsibility for the property of others, including tangible and intangible assets and rights"—especially in ca ...

, 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 The Receiver, formally called The Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District (and sometimes referred to early in the post's existence as the Receiver-General), was until 2000 the chief financial officer of the Metropolitan Police in London, the ...

, formerly the chief financial officer of the London Metropolitan Police *

Receiver of Wreck The Receiver of Wreck is an official who administers law dealing with maritime wrecks and salvage in some countries having a British administrative heritage. In the United Kingdom, the Receiver of Wreck is also appointed to retain the possession o ...

, an official of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency of the United Kingdom, who is concerned with the management of wrecked ships and boats

Sports

* Receiver, a type of midfielder in

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

* Wide receiver, an offensive position in American and Canadian football leagues

Technology

Receiver (firearms) In firearms terminology, the firearm frame or receiver is the part of a firearm which integrates other components by providing housing for internal action components such as the hammer, bolt or breechblock, firing pin and extractor, and has ...

, which houses the working parts of the firearm * Receiver (modulated ultrasound), a device that converts a modulated ultrasonic wave into usable information *

Receiver (radio) In radio communications, a radio receiver, also known as a receiver, a wireless, or simply a radio, is an electronic device that receives radio waves and converts the information carried by them to a usable form. It is used with an antenna. T ...

, an electronic device that converts a signal from a modulated radio wave into usable information **

Tuner (radio) A tuner is a subsystem that receives radio frequency (RF) transmissions, such as FM broadcasting, and converts the selected carrier frequency and its associated bandwidth into a fixed frequency that is suitable for further processing, usually be ...

, a subsystem that receives radio frequency (RF) transmissions and converts into a fixed frequency * Receiver, the listening device part of a

telephone A telephone is a telecommunications device that permits two or more users to conduct a conversation when they are too far apart to be easily heard directly. A telephone converts sound, typically and most efficiently the human voice, into e ...

** The

headset (audio) Headsets connect over a telephone or to a computer, allowing the user to speak and listen while keeping both hands free. They are commonly used in customer service and technical support centers, where employees can converse with customers while ...

that can also contain the above device ** The

handset A handset is a component of a telephone that a user holds to the ear and mouth to receive audio through the receiver and speak to the remote party using the built-in transmitter. In earlier telephones, the transmitter was mounted directly on ...

that sometimes contains the above device *

AV receiver An audio/video receiver (AVR) is a consumer electronics component used in a home theater. Its purpose is to receive audio and video signals from a number of sources, and to process them and provide power amplifiers to drive loudspeakers and ro ...

, part of a home theater system *

Citrix Receiver Citrix Workspace App (formerly Citrix Receiver) is the client component of XenDesktop and XenApp, developed by Citrix Systems. It was released initially in 2009. Product overview Citrix Receiver is the client component of XenDesktop or XenApp. D ...

, a software client application used for virtualization *

Digital media receiver A digital media player (also sometimes known as a streaming device or streaming box) is a type of consumer electronics device designed for the storage, playback, or viewing of digital media content. They are typically designed to be integra ...

Television set A television set or television receiver, more commonly called the television, TV, TV set, telly, tele, or tube, is a device that combines a tuner, display, and loudspeakers, for the purpose of viewing and hearing television broadcasts, or using ...

, "telly" (UK), is a device that combines a tuner, display, and speakers for the purpose of viewing television **

Tuner (television) A tuner is a subsystem that receives radio frequency (RF) transmissions, such as FM broadcasting, and converts the selected carrier frequency and its associated bandwidth into a fixed frequency that is suitable for further processing, usually be ...

, a subsystem that converts radio frequency analog television or digital television transmission into audio and video signals * Milk receiver, the part of a milking machine setup in which milk is collected: see

milking pipeline A milking pipeline or milk pipeline is a component of a dairy farm animal-milking operation which is used to transfer milk from the animals to a cooling and storage bulk tank. Setup In small dairy farms with less than 100 cows, goats or sheep ...

Other uses

Receiver (information theory) The receiver in information theory is the receiving end of a communication channel. It receives decoded messages/information from the sender, who first encoded them. Sometimes the receiver is modeled so as to include the decoder. Real-world receiver ...

, the receiving end of a communications channel