ALL meanings of pager
pag·er
P p - noun pager message device: beeper 1
- noun Definition of pager in Technology 1. (hardware, communications) (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 PDAs. If this trend continues, the distinction between PDAs and high-end pagers will disappear. 2. (tool) 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 catting it all at once to the terminal. The best known pagers are more, less, pg and list.com. 1
- noun pager beeper (def 3). 1
- countable noun pager A pager is a small electronic device which you can carry around with you and which gives you a number or a message when someone is trying to contact you. 0
- noun pager a small electronic device, capable of receiving short messages; usually carried by people who need to be contacted urgently (e.g. doctors) 0
- noun pager an electronic device that sends or receives a signal and emits a beep, buzz, etc., esp., a small, portable receiver used to contact people for messages 0