Player
Appearance
Player may refer to:
Role or adjective
[edit]- Player (game), a participant in a game or sport
- Gamer, a player in video and tabletop games
- Athlete, a player in sports
- Player character, a character in a video game or role playing game who is controlled or controllable by a player
- Player (political), a participant in politics who has or is perceived to have influence or power
- Global player, a corporate organization that owns production of some good or service in at least one country other than its home country
- Player, Shakespearan term for a stage actor
- Player (slang), a philanderer, often male
People
[edit]- Allen Player (1893–1962), New Zealand cricketer
- Willa Beatrice Player (1909-2003), American educator
- Gary Player (born 1935), South African golfer
- Scott Player (born 1969), NFL punter
- T-Dre Player (born 1992), Canadian football player
Art, entertainment, and media
[edit]- The Player, 1988 novel by Michael Tolkin, the basis for the 1992 film
- The Player (1953 film)
- The Player (1992 film), an American film
Music
[edit]- Player (band), a 1970s rock band from Los Angeles, California
- Player (Player album), 1977
- Player (M. Pokora album), 2006
- Player (Capsule album), 2010
- The Player (First Choice album), 1974
- The Player (The Supermen Lovers album), 2001
- "Player" (song), a 2015 song by Tinashe
Television
[edit]- Player (TV channel), former name of Bravo 2, television channel in the United Kingdom
- The Player Channel, television channel in the United Kingdom
- Player.pl, a Polish VOD service
- The Player (Algerian TV series), a 2004 Algerian drama series
- The Player (2004 TV series), a 2004 American reality series
- The Player (2015 TV series), a 2015 American drama series
- Player (TV series), a 2018 South Korean TV series
- The Player (Thai TV series), a 2020 Thai drama series
Computing
[edit]- Media player (software), a piece of software tailored for playing back different forms of multimedia file formats
- Player Project, a robot interface specification and software system
- VMware Player
Technology
[edit]- Blu-ray Disc player, a device that plays discs with high definition video
- CD player, a device that plays audio discs
- DVD player, a device that plays discs produced under both the DVD-Video and DVD-Audio technical standards
- Portable media player (PMP) or digital audio player (DAP) (was often marketed as MP3 player), a device capable of storing and playing digital media such as audio, images, and video files
- Player piano, a self-playing piano, containing a pneumatic or electro-mechanical mechanism that operates the piano action via pre-programmed music
- Record player, a device that plays vinyl records
- Tape player, a device that plays magnetic tapes