The term Marker may refer to:

Common uses

Marker (linguistics) In linguistics, a marker is a free or bound morpheme that indicates the grammatical function of the marked word, phrase, or sentence. Most characteristically, markers occur as clitics or inflectional affixes. In analytic languages and agglutinat ...

, a morpheme that indicates some grammatical function *

Marker (telecommunications) A marker is a type of special purpose control system that was used in electromechanical telephone central office switches. Switches employing markers belong to a class of switches known as " common control", as the purpose of a marker is to contr ...

, a special-purpose computer *

Boundary marker A boundary marker, border marker, boundary stone, or border stone is a robust physical marker that identifies the start of a land boundary or the change in a boundary, especially a change in direction of a boundary. There are several other t ...

, an object that identifies a land boundary * Marker or

Clapperboard A clapperboard (also known by various other names including dumb slate) is a device used in filmmaking and video production to assist in synchronizing of picture and sound, and to designate and mark the various scenes and takes as they are f ...

, equipment used during filming * Marker, a set of sewing patterns placed over cloth to be cut *

Historical marker A commemorative plaque, or simply plaque, or in other places referred to as a historical marker, historic marker, or historic plaque, is a plate of metal, ceramic, stone, wood, or other material, typically attached to a wall, stone, or other ...

, a plaque erected at historically significant locations *

Marker pen A marker pen, fine liner, marking pen, felt-tip pen, felt pen, flow marker, sign pen (in South Korea), vivid (in New Zealand), texta (in Australia), sketch pen (in South Asia) or koki (in South Africa), is a pen which has its own ink sourc ...

, a felt-tipped pen *

Paintball marker A paintball marker, also known as a paintball gun, paint gun, or simply marker, is an air gun used in the shooting sport of paintball, and the main piece of paintball equipment. Paintball markers use compressed gas, such as carbon dioxide (C ...

, or paintball gun, an air gun *

Survey marker Survey markers, also called survey marks, survey monuments, or geodetic marks, are objects placed to mark key survey points on the Earth's surface. They are used in geodetic and land surveying. A '' benchmark'' is a type of survey marker that ...

, an object placed to mark a point

Places

4253 Märker 4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest c ...

, a main belt asteroid * Marker, Norway, a municipality in Østfold county, Norway

People

Chris Marker Chris Marker (; 29 July 1921 – 29 July 2012) was a French writer, photographer, documentary film director, multimedia artist and film essayist. His best known films are '' La Jetée'' (1962), ''A Grin Without a Cat'' (1977) and '' Sans Sole ...

(1921–2012), French film maker and director of ''La jetée'' *

Cliff Marker Clifford Norwell Marker (June 13, 1903 – July 1972) was a professional football player who played 3 seasons in the National Football League, with the Canton Bulldogs, Frankford Yellow Jackets and the New York Giants The New York Gian ...

(1903–1972), American football player *

Friedrich Märker Friedrich Märker (7 March 1893 in Augsburg, Bavaria – 27 April 1985 in Feldafing, Bavaria) was a German writer, essayist, theatre critic and publicist. His work focused on the physiognomy of the Nordic race (during the time of the Nazi regime), ...

(1893–1985), German writer, essayist, theatre critic and publicist * Gary Marker, American bass guitarist and recording engineer *

Gus Marker Augustus Solberg Marker (August 1, 1905 – October 7, 1997) was a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who had played ten seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Maroons, Toronto Maple Leafs and B ...

(1905–1997), Canadian ice hockey player * Harry Marker (1899 – 1990), American filmmaker * James Marker (c. 1920–2012), American-born Canadian businessman who invented Cheezies * Jamsheed Marker (born 1922), Pakistani diplomat * Nicky Marker (born 1965), English footballer and coach * Peter Marker, Australian Australian rules footballer and media personality * Russell Earl Marker (1902–1995), American chemist *

Steve Marker Steve Marker (born March 16, 1959) is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer, best known as a cofounder and guitarist of the alternative rock band Garbage. Early life Steven W. Marker was born in Mamaroneck, New York on Marc ...

(born 1959), American musician and record producer, guitarist for Garbage * Vic Marker (

fl. ''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicatin ...

1937–1939), American boxer * Voris (designer), née Voris Marker (1908-1973), American fashion designer and sculptor

Arts, entertainment, and media

* Marker (band), a band formed in 2017 by Ken Vandermark * ''Marker'' (novel), a 2005 novel by Robin Cook * ''Marker'' (TV series), a 1995 American drama series * ''The Marker'' (film), a 2017 British crime film * ''

TheMarker ''TheMarker'' ( he, דה-מרקר) is a Hebrew-language daily business newspaper published by the Haaretz group in Israel. ''TheMarker'' was founded in 1999 by journalist and entrepreneur Guy Rolnik along with Haaretz group and U.S.-based invest ...

'', an Israeli Hebrew-language daily business newspaper * '' Pistol Whipped'' (working title: ''Marker''), a 2008 film starring Steven Seagal * Marker, a business website published by Medium

Companies

Marker (ski bindings) Marker International is a German manufacturing company of equipment for winter sports established in 1952 and headquartered in Straubing, Lower Bavaria. Founded by Hannes Marker, the company is known for pioneering releasable binding technology. M ...

, a company specializing in ski bindings

Science

Biological marker In biomedical contexts, a biomarker, or biological marker, is a measurable indicator of some biological state or condition. Biomarkers are often measured and evaluated using blood, urine, or soft tissues to examine normal biological processes, p ...

, or biomarker, a substance used as an indicator of a biological state *

Genetic marker A genetic marker is a gene or DNA sequence with a known location on a chromosome that can be used to identify individuals or species. It can be described as a variation (which may arise due to mutation or alteration in the genomic loci) that can be ...