Primer

Primer may refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

• Primer (film), a 2004 feature film written and directed by Shane Carruth
• Primer (video), a documentary about the funk band Living Colour

Literature

• Primer (textbook), a textbook used in primary education to teach the alphabet and other basic subjects
• Primer (prayer book), a common name for English prayer books used from the 13th to 16th centuries
• The New England Primer (1688), a Puritan book from Colonial America with morality-themed rhymes

Music

• Primer (album), a 1995 music album by the musical group Rockapella
• Primer 55, an American alternative metal band
• "The Primer", a song from the 2005 album Alaska by Between the Buried and Me

Firearms

• Primer (firearms), a firearm powder charge-ignition mechanism
  • Centerfire ammunition, Boxer or Berdan primers used in modern centerfire cartridges
  • Detonator, a small explosive device also known as an explosive primer or blasting cap
  • Friction primer, an ignition device for muzzle-loading cannon
  • Percussion cap, a gunpowder ignition device for 19th century muzzle-loading firearms and modern replicas

Coatings

• Primer (cosmetics), a cream or lotion applied before another to improve coverage and persistence
• Primer (paint), a coating applied to a surface to prepare it for paint or another coating or adhesive

Fonts

• Great primer, a font size of 18 points
• Long primer, a font size between bourgeois and small pica
• Primer (typeface)

People

• Sylvester Primer (1842–1912), American linguist and philologist
• John Primer (born 1945), American Chicago singer and guitarist

Software

• Primer (app), free mobile application by Google
• Primer-E Primer, software for statistical analysis of ecological data

Other uses

• Primer (gasoline engine), a device on some petrol engines used to prime the engine with gasoline before starting it
• Primer (molecular biology), a nucleic acid strand (or related molecule) that serves as a starting point for replication
• Money-creation primer
• Trap primer, a plumbing device or valve that adds water to traps

See also

• Premier (disambiguation)
• Priming (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles containing Primer
• All pages with titles beginning with Primer