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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats