Ontvangers

Ontvangers is a Dutch term meaning "receivers." It can refer to devices designed to receive signals, or to people or organizations that receive something. In common usage the word spans electronics, communications, and administrative contexts.

In electronics, an ontvanger is a device that captures electromagnetic signals and converts them into usable information, such as sound or images. Examples include radio receivers, television receivers, satellite receivers (set-top boxes), and digital audio/video receivers. Modern receivers often integrate tuners, demodulators, decoders, and amplification, and may handle multiple standards such as FM, AM, DVB-T/T2, DVB-S2, and HDMI audio processing.

Receivers form part of transmitter–receiver pairs in communication systems and networks, and may include additional functions like signal processing, error correction, and user interfaces for selecting channels or streams.

In administrative language, ontvangers are recipients of goods, benefits, or services. Examples include pension recipients, tax or social benefits recipients, and award recipients. The term emphasizes the end point of a distribution or entitlement process.

In computing and data networks, a counterpart of "ontvanger" is the consumer or endpoint that receives messages or events. In message queues and publish–subscribe architectures, receivers subscribe to topics and process incoming data.