Primer

Primer can refer to:

• Primer (album), a 1995 music album by the musical group Rockapella
• Primer (film), a 2004 feature film written and directed by Shane Carruth
• 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 DNA replication
• Primer (paint), a coating applied to a surface to prepare it for paint or another coating or adhesive
• Primer (textbook), a textbook formerly used in primary education to teach the alphabet and other basic concepts
  • The New England Primer (1688), a colonial American/Puritan primer with morality-themed rhymes
• Primer, an old English word for a Book of hours
• Explosive primer, a small explosive device also known as a blasting cap
• Great primer, a typefeace about 18 points developed in part by George Bruce (industrialist)
• Boxer primer, a type of percussion cap commonly used in American cartridges
• Primer-E Primer, software for statistical analysis of ecological data
• Primer 55, an American Alternative metal band

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