Shutter may refer to:
Architecture
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Window shutter
A window shutter is a solid and stable window covering usually consisting of a frame of vertical stiles and horizontal rails (top, centre and bottom). Set within this frame can be louvers (both operable or fixed, horizontal or vertical), solid p ...
, a solid window covering used for light control, privacy, security, protection against weather, and to enhance the aesthetics of a building
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Roller shutter
A roller shutter, security shutter, coiling door, roller door or sectional overhead door is a type of door or window shutter consisting of many horizontal slats (or sometimes bars or web systems) hinged together. The door is raised to open it ...
, a type of door or window shutter mainly used in retail shops, warehouses, and other facilities
Science and technology
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Shutter (photography)
In photography, a shutter is a device that allows light to pass for a determined period, exposing photographic film or a photosensitive digital sensor to light in order to capture a permanent image of a scene. A shutter can also be used to allow ...
, a photographic device that administers the exposure by limiting the time over which light is admitted
*Shutter, a device used to manipulate pulses of light in a
signal lamp
Signal lamp training during World War II
A signal lamp (sometimes called an Aldis lamp or a Morse lamp) is a semaphore system using a visual signaling device for optical communication, typically using Morse code. The idea of flashing dots and da ...
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Movie projector shutter, used to interrupt the emitted light during the time the film is advanced to the next frame
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Remote shutter
A remote camera, also known as a trail camera or game camera, is a camera placed by a photographer in areas where the photographer generally cannot be at the camera to snap the shutter. This includes areas with limited access, tight spaces where a ...
, in a selfie stick
*Stage lighting shutter, used to modify the light cast by a
theatre light
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Bradbury–Nielsen shutter, a type of electrical ion gate that is used in the field of mass spectrometry
Films
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''Shutter'' (2004 film), a horror film from Thailand
*''Shutter'', a 2007 short film starring
Sonja Bennett
Sonja Bennett (born August 24, 1980) is a Canadian actress and screenwriter. Her film debut was in the Canadian feature film ''Punch'' (2002), for which she won the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress in a Canadian Film. She ha ...
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''Shutter'' (2008 film), an American remake of the 2004 film, starring Joshua Jackson
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''Shutter'' (2012 film), an Indian thriller film
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''Shutter'' (2014 film), a Marathi-language thriller film
People
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Rick Shutter, American drummer and percussionist
See also
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Shuttering (disambiguation)
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Shudder (disambiguation)
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