# Arbiter

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An **arbiter** or **[arbitrator](/source/Arbitrator)** is a person who settles a dispute or makes a final decision when others disagree. [arbitration](/source/Arbitration).

**Arbiter** may refer to:

- [Discussion moderator](/source/Discussion_moderator)
- [Arbiter (chess)](/source/Arbiter_(chess)), who oversees matches in tournaments

## Arts and entertainment

### Music

- *The Arbiter*, a character from the musical *[Chess](/source/Chess_(musical))*
- [*Arbiter* (album)](/source/Arbiter_(album)), by Hopesfall, 2018

### Fiction

- The Arbiter, a character in the musical *[Chess](/source/Chess_(musical))*
- [Arbiter (*Halo*)](/source/Arbiter_(Halo)), a character class in the *Halo* video game series
- *Arbiter*-class starships, Protoss support vessels in the *[StarCraft](/source/StarCraft)* science-fiction series
- Arbiter class starships, Starfleet battlecruiser in the [Star Trek Online](/source/Star_Trek_Online) MMORPG
- Arbiter, a demonic battleaxe used by Dante in the video game '
- Arbiters, characters in the Japanese anime series *[Death Parade](/source/Death_Parade)*
- Arbiter, a section of the Government and the Legal enforcers in the Korean game *[Lobotomy Corporation](/source/Lobotomy_Corporation)*
- The Arbiter, a mentor character in *[Raid: Shadow Legends](/source/Raid:_Shadow_Legends)*

## Technology

- [Arbiter (electronics)](/source/Arbiter_(electronics)), a component in electronic circuitry that allocates scarce resources - [Memory arbiter](/source/Memory_arbiter), a component that allocates memory - [Wavefront arbiter](/source/Wavefront_arbiter), a commercial memory arbiter optimized for high-speed operation

## Other

- [ArbiterSports](/source/ArbiterSports), a sports officiating software company owned by the NCAA
- [HMS *Arbiter* (D31)](/source/HMS_Arbiter_(D31)), an escort aircraft carrier in the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom
- [Dickie Arbiter](/source/Dickie_Arbiter) (born 1940), British television and radio commentator
- [Ivor Arbiter](/source/Ivor_Arbiter) (1929–2005), English drum designer, manufacturer, instrument salesman, and entrepreneur
- [Petronius](/source/Petronius) (27–66), Roman author and satirist known formally as *Gaius Petronius Arbiter*
- One of the names of the Hindu deity [Hanuman](/source/Hanuman)
- Arbiter, the title of the leader of Jinsy Island in British comedy series *[This is Jinsy](/source/This_is_Jinsy)*
- *[Pagyda arbiter](/source/Pagyda_arbiter)*, a moth in the family Crambidae

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