relayers
Those who retransmit
Relayers are people or things that pass something along from one point to another.
Someone who relays a message is a relayer, as is equipment that receives and retransmits signals.
The term appears in contexts ranging from communications technology to relay racing, where team members take turns carrying a baton.
The relayers positioned along the route ensured the news reached headquarters within hours.
Devices that send signals
- broadcastersThose who transmit programming
- messengersThose who convey communications
- couriersProfessional delivery personnel
- informantsPeople providing secret intelligence
correspondents · reporters · heralds · announcers · dispatchers · propagators · disseminators · narrators
Things that echo forward
- switchesCircuit opening devices
- routersPacket-forwarding network hardware
- hubsCentral focal points
- bridgesStructures spanning obstacles
gateways · nodes · boosters · amplifiers · transponders · transceivers · extenders · access points
Transaction intermediaries
- mediatorsConflict resolution facilitators
- agentsThose who act for others
- middlemenIntermediaries in transactions
- facilitatorsThose who aid progress
negotiators · arbiters · delegates · representatives · envoys · emissaries · intercessors · coordinators
Those who race on foot
- sprintersBrief-race speed athletes
- teammatesFellow squad members
- anchorsWeighted devices securing vessels
- racersSpeed contest participants
swimmers · cyclists · triathletes · exchange zone · split times · changeover · tag teams · substitutes
transmitters
Devices that send signals
- broadcastersThose who transmit programming
- messengersThose who convey communications
- couriersProfessional delivery personnel
informants · correspondents · reporters · heralds · announcers · dispatchers · propagators · disseminators · narrators · storytellers
repeaters
Things that echo forward
bridges · gateways · nodes · boosters · amplifiers · transponders · transceivers · extenders · access points · signal boosters
brokers
Transaction intermediaries
- mediatorsConflict resolution facilitators
- agentsThose who act for others
- middlemenIntermediaries in transactions
facilitators · negotiators · arbiters · delegates · representatives · envoys · emissaries · intercessors · coordinators · diplomats
runners
Those who race on foot
- sprintersBrief-race speed athletes
- teammatesFellow squad members
- anchorsWeighted devices securing vessels
racers · swimmers · cyclists · triathletes · exchange zone · split times · changeover · tag teams · substitutes · alternates
switches
Circuit opening devices
- circuitsClosed electrical paths
- solenoidsCurrent-carrying wire coils
- contactorsElectrically operated switches
relayersoriginators
Those who create first
creators · sources · authors · generators · initiators
relayersrecipients
Those who receive
receivers · endpoints · end users · destinations · terminators
relayersblockers
Things that obstruct
interceptors · retainers · gatekeepers · hoarders · suppressors