Carrier

Carrier may refer to:

Science and technology

• Asymptomatic carrier, an organism infected with an infectious disease agent, but displaying no symptoms
• Carrier protein, a protein that facilitates the transport of another molecule
• Carrier recovery in telecommunications
• Carrier set, the underlying set of an algebraic structure
• Carrier signal, a waveform suitable for modulation by an information-bearing signal
• Carrier, a free instant messaging client based on Pidgin
• Catalyst or other intermediary in a chemical reaction
• Charge carrier, an unbound particle carrying an electric charge
• Disease carrier (disambiguation) in medicine
• Genetic carrier, an organism that has inherited a genetic trait or mutation, but displaying no symptoms
• Gestational carrier, a surrogate mother
• Lathe carrier, a device that transfers motion to a workpiece

Military

• Aircraft carrier, a warship primarily hosting fixed-wing aircraft
• Helicopter carrier, a warship primarily hosting helicopters
• Universal Carrier, a tracked vehicle

Ethnography and geography

• Carrier is the English name for the Dakelh, an indigenous First Nations people of British Columbia, Canada
• Carrier language, the Athabaskan language of the Dakelh people
• Carrier, Oklahoma, a town in Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States
• The Carrier Dome, a multi-sport, domed athletic facility in Syracuse, New York, named for the Carrier Corporation

Commerce

• Carrier (bearer), a person who carries objects for others
• Wireless carrier, an organization that operates a wireless network for mobile phones
• Common carrier, an organization that transports a product or service using its facilities, or those of other carriers, and offers its services to the general public
• Carrier Corporation, the air conditioning and commercial refrigeration manufacturing division of United Technologies, named after its founder, Willis Carrier
• Carrier is used to mean a Telephone company that provides local, long distance or value added services
• Insurance carrier, a company selling insurance
• Mail carrier, a postal worker

Entertainment

• Carrier (video game), a 2000 video game for the Sega Dreamcast
• Carrier Command, a 1988 simulator game for Amiga and many other platforms
• Carrier (game), a South Pacific World War II board game from Victory Games
• Carrier (documentary), a ten-part documentary miniseries that aired on PBS in April 2008
• Carriers (film), a 2009 horror thriller film
• The Carrier, the enormous living interdimensional spaceship home to the Authority, a team of comic superheroes
• Helicarrier, a flying aircraft carrier from the Marvel Comics
• Carrier, an Australian band and Clan Analogue member creating improvised electronic music
• Carrier (album), a 2013 album by The Dodos
• "Carrier", an episode of NCIS: New Orleans

Other

• an informal abbreviation of carrier bag
• Luggage carrier