Handler

Handler or The Handler may refer to:

People

• Handler, offensive player in Ultimate (sport)
• Animal handler, person who conducts animal training or is a wrangler
• Handler, a sport coach, agent or promoter
• Agent handling, person who manages a spy
• Baggage handler, a person who loads and unloads baggage and other cargo for transport via aircraft
• Mail handler, a postal worker
• Aircraft Handler, a branch of the Fleet Air Arm/Royal Navy
• Garter handler, an old term for a pimp
• Political Handler, an advisor and supporter of a politician

Persons named Handler

• Handler (surname)
  • Carole Handler, American attorney
  • Chelsea Handler, American comedian and talk show host
  • Daniel Handler, American author and musician
  • Evan Handler, American actor
  • Evelyn Handler, 17th president of the University of New Hampshire
  • Phil Handler, American football player and coach
  • Rebecca Handler, American/Japanese actress
  • Ruth Handler, American businesswoman

Computing

• Handler, an asynchronous callback (computer programming) subroutine in computing
• A particular class of service process in DNIX
• A20 handler, the IBM PC memory manager software controlling access to the High Memory Area
• Event handler, a routine for processing a programming event
• Interrupt handler, a routine for processing CPU interrupts
• Signal handler, a routine for handling signals sent to a process
• Exception handling, a routine for handling software exceptions

Machines

• Air handler, a device used as part of an HVAC (Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning) system
• Handler, a robotic device used to automatically place a device under test into an automatic test equipment system
• Seismic Handler, an interactive analysis program for preferably continuous waveform data
• Telescopic handler, a machine widely used in agriculture and industry

Arts and entertainment

• Handler (play), by Robert Schenkkan
• The Handler (Har Mar Superstar album), the third CD from American singer Har Mar Superstar
• Handler, a character class in Dragonlance
• The Handler (TV series)
• Handler is a song by British rock-band Muse

See also

• Hendler