handler

  1. Noun.  (literally) One who handles something (especially manually) or someone.
  2. Noun.  (context, in combination) A controller, trainer, someone who handles a specified thing, animal or person (especially a prizefighter), which can be specified in a combination .
  3. Noun.  (computing) A subroutine that handles a particular situation such as an event or exception.

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