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📟 Pager
A pager, as worn on the waist to alert a person to a phone call or short text message. Popular in the 1980–90s before mobile phones, though still used by some medical and emergency personnel. Very occasionally used to represent alerts, digital communication, or nostalgia for old technology. Depicted as a black device with operating buttons and a green screen displaying various numbers across platforms, including: Apple: 555-3215 (555 is commonly used for fake numbers in the US) Google: 1998 (the year Google was founded; previously showed 8888, the Google DNS IP address) Microsoft: [indecipherable] Samsung: 954-5684 (unknown origin; previously showed SUNMOON) WhatsApp: 867-5309 (an allusion to the 1980s hit song "867-5309/Jenny") Twitter: 40404 (Twitter's discontinued SMS number) Facebook: 543-4800 (Facebook Inc phone number; previously showed 02 04 20 04, referring to the company's launch date)
📟 Pager
Also known as: Beeper, Bleeper
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| Platform | Shortcode | Action |
|---|---|---|
| github | :pager: | |
| slack | :pager: | |
| discord | :pager: |
How It's Used in Language
Verbs
- Make a loud noise
- To make a loud sound.
- Establish communication with.
- Be in or establish communication with
- To establish communication with something or someone
Nouns
- A device for receiving alpha-numeric messages
- A pager is a wireless telecommunications device that receives and displays numeric or text messages, or receives and announces voice messages.
- An electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being paged
- A pocket-sized wireless electronic device that uses radio signals to record incoming phone numbers or short text messages. Some pagers allow users to send messages as well.
- A system that allows users to send and receive messages when they are out of range.
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