Associations to the word «Pager»

Wiktionary

PAGER, noun. A device for receiving alpha-numeric messages
PAGER, noun. A computer program running in a text terminal, used to view (but not modify) the contents of a text file moving down the file one line or one screen at a time.

Dictionary definition

PAGER, noun. An electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being paged.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.