beeper

beeper Definition

beeper (bēp′ər)

noun

Informal pager

beeper Telecom Definition

Diminutive for pager, attributable to the beeping sound many use to alert the user to an incoming message. See pager.

beeper Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

routine: Note that the contents of many of the registers are saved by pushing them on to the stack before the beeper routine is called.

Noun used with modifier

PC: ASCII 7 ( bell ) as serial input will sound the PC beeper only if the Quiet configuration has not been made.

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