Repeater (disambiguation)
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A repeater
is a telecommunications device that amplifies a signal.
Broadcast relay station
s, cellular repeater
s, microwave radio relays, tunnel transmitter
s, radio repeater
s, amateur radio repeater
s and communications satellite
transponders
all act as repeaters in that they receive and amplify a radio signal for rebroadcast.
Repeater may also refer to:
Repeater
A repeater is an electronic device that receives asignal and retransmits it at a higher level and/or higher power, or onto the other side of an obstruction, so that the signal can cover longer distances.-Description:...
is a telecommunications device that amplifies a signal.
Broadcast relay station
Broadcast relay station
A broadcast relay station, relay transmitter, broadcast translator , rebroadcaster , or repeater is a broadcast transmitter which relays, repeats, or reflects the signal of another radio station or television station, usually to an area not covered by the signal of the originating station...
s, cellular repeater
Cellular repeater
A cellular repeater, cell phone repeater, or wireless cellular signal booster, a type of bi-directional amplifier as commonly named in the wireless telecommunications industry, is a device used for boosting the cell phone reception to the local area by the usage of a reception antenna, a signal...
s, microwave radio relays, tunnel transmitter
Tunnel transmitter
A tunnel transmitter allows wireless reception in tunnels. It consists of a receiving antenna which receives the signal to be radiated in the tunnel, and a transmitting antenna installed in the tunnel, which is either a Yagi antenna or a line antenna...
s, radio repeater
Radio repeater
A radio repeater is a combination of a radio receiver and a radio transmitter that receives a weak or low-level signal and retransmits it at a higher level or higher power, so that the signal can cover longer distances without degradation. This article refers to professional, commercial, and...
s, amateur radio repeater
Amateur radio repeater
An amateur radio repeater is an electronic device that receives a weak or low-level amateur radio signal and retransmits it at a higher level or higher power, so that the signal can cover longer distances without degradation...
s and communications satellite
Communications satellite
A communications satellite is an artificial satellite stationed in space for the purpose of telecommunications...
transponders
Transponder (Satellite communications)
A communications satellite’s transponder, is the series of interconnected units which form a communications channel between the receiving and the transmitting antennas .A transponder is typically composed of:...
all act as repeaters in that they receive and amplify a radio signal for rebroadcast.
Repeater may also refer to:
- Multiport repeaterMultiport repeaterIn packet networking, a multiport repeater is the simplest multi-port active device in use. It has multiple input/output ports, in which a signal introduced at the input of any port appears at the output of every port except the original incoming. With multiple computers, the network slows, due...
, a simple computer network hub - Optical communications repeaterOptical communications repeaterAn optical communications repeater is used in a fiber-optic communications system to regenerate an optical signal by converting it to an electrical signal, processing that electrical signal and then retransmitting an optical signal...
, an alternative to optical amplifiers on communications fibre - Passive repeaterPassive repeaterA passive radio link deflection, or passive repeater is a plant for the implementation of a microwave link, in which because of an obstacle in the signal path no direct line of sight microwave link is possible...
, a radio-signal reflector with no electronic amplification - Repeat offender, in criminology
- Repeater (album)Repeater (album)Repeater is the debut full-length studio album by the American post-hardcore band Fugazi. It was released on April 19, 1990 as Repeater on LP, and in May 1990 on CD bundled with the 3 Songs EP as Repeater + 3 Songs...
and title track by post-hardcore band Fugazi - Repeater (horology), a type of watch or clock
- Repeater (student), a student repeating a course or class
- Repeating firearm
- Repeater, an alternate term for the kété, a drum used in the music of JamaicaMusic of JamaicaThe music of Jamaica includes Jamaican folk music and many popular genres, such as mento, ska, rocksteady, reggae, dub music, dancehall, reggae fusion and related styles. Jamaica's music culture is a fusion of elements from the United States , Africa, and neighboring Caribbean islands such as...
- Repeater (G.I. Joe), a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe
- Repeater (band)Repeater (band)-The Main Frame days :The Main Frame was a Long Beach darkwave band formed in 2001 with Steve Krolikowski and Rob Wallace...
, a band from Long Beach, California. - a repeater flag is used in the International maritime signal flagsInternational maritime signal flagsThe system of international maritime signal flags is one system of flag signals representing individual letters of the alphabet in signals to or from ships...
to substitute for a flag already used