beeper
nounUK /ˈbiːpə/ · US /ˈbipɚ/
Etymology From beep + -er.
› Something that makes a beeping sound.
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A simple computer speaker.
- The Controls option enables you to resize and move a currently displayed window, as well as toggle the PC beeper.1986, Dr. Dobb's journal of software tools for the professional programmer: volume 11, page 53:
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A pager (wireless telecommunication device).
- No stages, front pages, no phones, no beepers1993, “Just Another Day”, in Black Reign, performed by Queen Latifah:
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Endearing A robot.
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Broadcasting, Media, Radio Informal A broadcast interview taking place over the telephone (originally having to include a beeping sound to indicate that it was not a live broadcast).
- Radio "beepers" are easy: all you need is a telephone, and you can basically have an overseas conversation with any DJ or radio news director in America.2009, Keith Oliver, Command Attention: Promoting Your Organization the Marine Corps Way, page 11:
- Derived terms
- backup beeper