Definition of "handler" []

• One that handles or directs something or someone: handlers of food in a restaurant; the candidate's campaign handlers. (noun)
• One who trains or exhibits an animal, such as a dog. (noun)
• One who acts as the trainer or second of a boxer. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Posts: 2,474 set the dblclick function normally, but use a timeout to call or cancel the single click handler - var clicktimer; element. onclick = function (e) {e = window. event | | e; if (clicktimer) clearTimeout (clicktimer); else clicktimer = setTimeout (function (e) {/* click handler*/} ,250);}"
• "The biggest downside from using a software solution or another login handler is having to visit your personalised PIP page before moving ahead, but that can be a blessing if you can remember your password there but not at, say, Circuit City."
• "'Use teracopy as default copy handler' is selected in the options but if I copy & paste it just uses the standard XP function?"