Pager

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  pager \pag"er\, n.
     A small electronic communication device which signals when a
     telephone call has been received at a base station. Each such
     device receives radio signals from the base station
     specifically coded for the individual to whom it is
     registered; the signal given by the device to the registered


     user may be a beeping sound, indicating that the user should
     call the base station to receive a message; or it may display
     a telephone number to which the user may call directly to
     return the incoming call, or may display a short message.
     Such devices are small enough to carry in the pocket or
     pocketbook, or to clip onto a belt or other part of the
     clothing. Also called {beeper}.
     [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pager
       n : an electronic device that generates a series of beeps when
           the person carrying it is being paged [syn: {beeper}]

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  pager
       
          1.  (Or "beeper", "bleeper" (UK?))
          A small wireless receiver that, when triggered (generally via
          phone), will beep or vibrate (un)pleasantly.  The wearer will
          have been trained to respond to this signal by looking at a
          small screen on the device for an unimportant message.
       
          In recent years, pagers have grown more complex, allowing for
          long {alphanumeric} messages to be received and scrolled
          though (as opposed to earlier models, which supported only
          short numeric messages); at the same time as pager functions
          are integrated into some {PDA}s.  If this trend continues, the
          distinction between {PDA}s and high-end {pagers} will
          disappear.
       
          {Short Message Service} allows a mobile phone to display a
          message, just like an alphanumeric pager.
       
          2.  A program for viewing a {text file} a screenful at a
          time via a text {terminal}, as opposed to scrolling through it
          in a {GUI} window, or {cat}ting it all at once to the
          terminal.
       
          The best known pagers are {more}, {less}, pg and list.com.
       
          (1997-09-11)