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