Primer

Primer may refer to:

Films

 * Primer (film), a 2004 feature film written and directed by Shane Carruth
 * Primer (video), a documentary about the funk band Living Colour

Literature

 * Primer (textbook), a textbook used in primary education to teach the alphabet and other basic subjects
 * Primer (prayer book), a common name for English prayer books used from the 13th to 16th centuries
 * The New England Primer (1688), a Puritan book from Colonial America with morality-themed rhymes

Music

 * Primer (album), a 1995 music album by the musical group Rockapella
 * Primer 55, an American alternative metal band
 * "The Primer", a song from the 2005 album Alaska by Between the Buried and Me

Firearms

 * Primer (firearms), a firearm powder charge-ignition mechanism
 * Centerfire ammunition, Boxer or Berdan primers used in modern centerfire cartridges
 * Detonator, a small explosive device also known as an explosive primer or blasting cap
 * Friction primer, an ignition device for muzzle-loading cannon
 * Percussion cap, a gunpowder ignition device for 19th century muzzle-loading firearms and modern replicas

Coatings

 * Primer (cosmetics), a cream or lotion applied before another to improve coverage and persistence
 * Primer (paint), a coating applied to a surface to prepare it for paint or another coating or adhesive

Fonts

 * Great primer, a font size of 18 points
 * Long primer, a font size between bourgeois and small pica
 * Primer (typeface)

People

 * Sylvester Primer (1842–1912), American linguist and philologist
 * John Primer (born 1945), American Chicago singer and guitarist

Software

 * Primer (app), free mobile application by Google
 * Primer-E Primer, software for statistical analysis of ecological data

Other uses

 * 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 replication
 * Money-creation primer
 * Trap primer, a plumbing device or valve that adds water to traps