handler

Dictionary: han·dler (hănd'lər) pronunciation

One that handles or directs something or someone: handlers of food in a restaurant; the candidate's campaign handlers.
1. One who trains or exhibits an animal, such as a dog.
2. One who acts as the trainer or second of a boxer.

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A software routine that performs a particular task. It often refers to a routine that "handles" an exception of some kind, such as an error, but it can refer to mainstream processes as well. The term is typically used in operating systems and other system software.

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Handler may refer to:

a person who handles something:

- animal handler, person who conducts animal training or is a wrangler (profession).
- a sports handler, a coach (sport) or sports agent of a sports player, or a promoter (entertainment)
- agent handler, 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.

1 Computing
2 Machines
3 In culture
4 Persons named Handler
5 See also

Computing

in computing, software code that reacts to an event or specializes in a type of data:

Handler, an asynchronous callback subroutine in computing
Handler, 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
interrupt handler
signal handler

Machines

a device or machine that performs a specific task:

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 onto an Automatic Test Equipment system for the Semiconductor industry.
Seismic Handler, an interactive analysis program for preferably continuous waveform data
Telescopic handler, a machine widely used in Agriculture and Industry

In culture

Handler (play), by Robert Schenkkan
The Handler, the third CD from American singer Har Mar Superstar
Handler, a character class in Dragonlance

Persons named Handler

Handler is the surname of:

Carole Handler, American Intellectual Property attorney
Chelsea Handler, American stand-up comedian
Daniel Handler, American author, screenwriter, and accordionist
Evan Handler, American actor
Evelyn Handler, 17th president of the University of New Hampshire
Ferdinánd Nándor Handler (1836-1888), Hungarian architect
Phil Handler, football player and coach who spent his entire professional career in the city of Chicago
Rebecca Handler, American/Japanese actress
Ruth Handler, American businesswoman and the president of the toy manufacturer Mattel

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