# ##### Transceiver An electronic device which is a combination of a radio [[transmitter]] and a [[receiver]] . It can both [[radio transmission|transmit]] and [[receiver|receive]]  [[Radio Wave|radio waves]]  using an [[Antenna|antenna]], for communication purposes. These two related functions are often combined in a single device to reduce manufacturing costs. The term is also used for other devices which can both transmit and receive through a communications channel, such as optical transceivers which transmit and receive light in optical fiber systems, and bus transceivers which transmit and receive digital data in computer databuses. >Covered in: >Mentioned in: >References: [[WP Transceiver|🌍]] >Required by: > >Related to: