Counter

• Counter (digital), an electronic circuit that counts rising or falling edges of a clock signal • Counter machine, a subclass of register machines • Loop counter, the variable that controls the iterations of a loop • Jeton, a reckoning counter used on reckoning boards for calculations • Mechanical counter, a digital counter using mechanical components • Tally counter, a mechanical counting device • Web counter, a counter that counts the number of visits to a web page • Project COUNTER, a standard for reporting usage statistics of electronic resources • People counter, a device used to measure the number of people transversing a certain passage or entrance ==Games and sport==

• Counter (board wargames), a playing piece used in board wargames • Counter run, an offensive play in American football • Counter turn, an element in figure skating • Counter (collectible card games), a small item used to represent certain objects or conditions in a collectible card game • Jones Counter, measures distance bicycles travel ==Linguistics and typography==

• Counter (typography), an enclosed space in a letter-form • Measure word, a type of word in some languages • Japanese counter word == Other uses ==

• Countertop, the flat surface of a counter • Bar (counter), a type of counter used in bars for food serving • Compter or counter, a small jail • Counter, the part of a ship's stern above the waterline that extends beyond the rudder stock (see nautical terms) • The Counter, a global hamburger restaurant chain • Frequency counter, an electronic instrument for measuring frequency • "The Counter" (song), from the 2004 album Tiger, My Friend by Psapp ==People with the name==

• Nick Counter (1940–2009), American film and television executive • S. Allen Counter (1944–2017), American neuroscientist, polar explorer, and university administrator • See also Caunter, an associated surname ==See also==