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A common carrier in common law countries (corresponding to a public carrier in some civil law systems, [1] usually called simply a carrier) [2] is a person or company that transports goods or people for any person or company and is responsible for any possible loss of the goods during transport.
In telecommunications, a carrier wave, carrier signal, or just carrier, is a periodic waveform (usually sinusoidal) that conveys information through a process called modulation. One or more of the wave's properties, such as amplitude or frequency, are modified by an information bearing signal, called the message signal or modulation signal .
A mobile network operator (MNO), also known as a mobile network provider, mobile network carrier, mobile telco, wireless service provider, wireless carrier, wireless operator, wireless telco, or cellular company, [a] is a telecommunications provider of services that sells, delivers and maintains mobile telephony services to an end user.
Carrier, Oklahoma, a town in Garfield County, Oklahoma; Carrier (surname), a surname and list of people with the name Carrier Global, air conditioning and commercial refrigeration manufacturing company
The Standard Carrier Alpha Code (SCAC) is a privately controlled US code used to identify vessel operating common carriers (VOCC). It is typically two to four letters long. It is typically two to four letters long.
Carrier Global Corporation is an American multinational heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC), refrigeration, and fire and security equipment corporation ...
A hereditary carrier (genetic carrier or just carrier), is a person or other organism that has inherited a recessive allele for a genetic trait or mutation but usually does not display that trait or show symptoms of the disease. Carriers are, however, able to pass the allele onto their offspring, who may then express the genetic trait.
In telecommunications, a "carrier grade" or "carrier class" refers to a system, or a hardware or software component that is extremely reliable, well tested and proven in its capabilities. Carrier grade systems are tested and engineered to meet or exceed "five nines" high availability standards, and provide very fast fault recovery through ...