Communicator
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Communicator may refer to:
In computer science:
In fiction:
In computer science:
- Acorn CommunicatorAcorn CommunicatorThe Acorn Communicator is a business computer developed by Acorn Computers in 1985. The system sold in very low numbers to companies requiring a computer with a built-in modem...
, a business computer developed by Acorn Computers in 1985 - Beonex CommunicatorBeonex CommunicatorBeonex Communicator was an open source internet suite based on the Mozilla Application Suite by Ben Bucksch, a German Mozilla developer, which have a higher security and privacy level than other commercial products....
, a separate branch of the Mozilla Application Suite - Netscape CommunicatorNetscape CommunicatorNetscape Communicator was an Internet suite produced by Netscape Communications Corporation. Initially released in June 1997, Netscape Communicator 4.0 was the successor to Netscape Navigator 3.x and included more groupware features intended to appeal to enterprises.- Editions :Netscape...
, a suite of Internet applications - Nokia CommunicatorNokia CommunicatorThe Nokia Communicator is a brand name for a series of business-optimized smartphones marketed by Nokia Corporation, all of which appear as normal phones on the outside, and open in clamshell format to access a QWERTY keyboard and an LCD screen nearly the size of the device footprint.Nokia...
, a brand name for a series of Nokia smartphones - PDAPersonal digital assistantA personal digital assistant , also known as a palmtop computer, or personal data assistant, is a mobile device that functions as a personal information manager. Current PDAs often have the ability to connect to the Internet...
with mobile phoneMobile phoneA mobile phone is a device which can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile network operator...
functionality, also known as smartphoneSmartphoneA smartphone is a high-end mobile phone built on a mobile computing platform, with more advanced computing ability and connectivity than a contemporary feature phone. The first smartphones were devices that mainly combined the functions of a personal digital assistant and a mobile phone or camera...
, such as Nokia Communicator mentioned above - LIVECHATLIVECHAT SoftwareLIVECHAT Software is a Poland-based IT company; developer of business communication software. Founded in 2002 as Livechat Sp. z o.o. ; since October 2007 runs as a stock company....
Communicator, a business instant messenger software - Microsoft Office Communicator, an IMInstant messagingInstant Messaging is a form of real-time direct text-based chatting communication in push mode between two or more people using personal computers or other devices, along with shared clients. The user's text is conveyed over a network, such as the Internet...
and VoIP client for WindowsMicrosoft WindowsMicrosoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
In fiction:
- Communicator (Star Trek)Communicator (Star Trek)Communicators are devices used for voice communication in the fictional universe of Star Trek. They allow direct contact between individuals or via a ship's communication system....
, a portable communication device from the Star Trek fictional universe - Communicator, another term for universal translatorUniversal translatorA universal translator is a device common to many science fiction works, especially on television. First described in Murray Leinster's 1945 novella "First Contact", the translator's purpose is to offer an instant translation of any language...
, a fictional device that allows one to understand a language from another planet or an animal