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What is a carrier?

What is a carrier? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A person or object that carries someone or something else.
  2. A carrier pigeon, a newspaperese term (misnomer) for a homing pigeon, racing pigeon, racing homer, homer.
  3. An Old English carrier pigeon or Old English carrier (the "King of the Doos").
  4. A person or company in the business of shipping freight.
  5. A signal such as radio, sound, or light that is modulated to transmit information.
  6. A mobile network operator; wireless carrier.
  7. A certified airline.
  8. (engineering) That which drives or carries.
    1. A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the faceplate; a lathe dog.
    2. A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine.
    3. A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge to a position from which it can be thrust into the barrel.
  9. (chemistry) A catalyst or other intermediary in a chemical reaction.
  10. (genetics) A person or organism that has inherited a genetic trait, mutation or infectious disease, but displays no symptoms.
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