title: Adapter (disambiguation)
text: # Adapter (disambiguation)
  
  Adapter or adaptor may refer to:
  
  * Adapter a device used to match the physical or electrical characteristics of two different objects
  * AC adapter, an electric power supply device
  * Adapter (genetics), a small DNA molecule used in genetic engineering
  * Adapter (rocketry), a segment between rocket stages
  * Adapter (computing), used to connect various hardware devices
  * Adapter (piping), a short length of pipe with two different ends
  * Adapter pattern, a software design pattern used for computer programming
  * Signal transducing adaptor protein, a type of protein involved in cell signalling
  * Blank-firing adaptor, a device which enables automatic firearms to fire blanks
  * Diving cylinder adapter, a diving accessory for interfacing different equipment
  * Adapter, a type of hand movement in nonverbal communication
  