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, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley