beeper

From beep +‎ -er.

beeper (plural beepers)

Something that makes a beeping sound.
1. A simple computer speaker.
  - 1986, Dr. Dobb's journal of software tools for the professional programmer: volume 11, page 53:
    The Controls option enables you to resize and move a currently displayed window, as well as toggle the PC beeper.
2. A pager (wireless telecommunication device).
  - 1993, “Just Another Day”, in Black Reign, performed by Queen Latifah:
    No stages, front pages, no phones, no beepers
(radio, informal) A broadcast interview taking place over the telephone (originally having to include a beeping sound to indicate that it was not a live broadcast).
- 2009, Keith Oliver, Command Attention: Promoting Your Organization the Marine Corps Way, page 11:
  Radio "beepers" are easy: all you need is a telephone, and you can basically have an overseas conversation with any DJ or radio news director in America.

something that makes a beeping sound

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