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  2. Pager - Wikipedia

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    A pager, also known as a beeper or bleeper, [1] is a wireless telecommunications device that receives and displays alphanumeric or voice messages. One-way pagers can only receive messages, while response pagers and two-way pagers can also acknowledge, reply to, and originate messages using an internal transmitter.

  3. Beep line - Wikipedia

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    [17] [16] [10] Beep lines proved infectiously popular in the 1960s and 1970s; for example, New England Telephone in 1963 reporting a sharp uptick in busy signal calls in one week (from 1,495 to 27,928) after a beep line number was published in a teen weekly, according to Time magazine. [10]

  4. Karel (programming language) - Wikipedia

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    A program in Karel is used to control a simple robot named Karel that lives in an environment consisting of a grid of streets (left-right) and avenues (up-down). Karel understands five basic instructions: move (Karel moves by one square in the direction he is facing), turnLeft (Karel turns 90 ° left), putBeeper (Karel puts a beeper on the square he is standing at), pickBeeper (Karel lifts a ...

  5. List of defunct instant messaging platforms - Wikipedia

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    This is an alphabetic list of defunct instant messaging platforms, showing the name, when it was discontinued and the type of client.. AOL Instant Messenger, 1997–2017 ...

  6. Quindar tones - Wikipedia

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    Therefore, those transmissions would consist of a "beep" (PTT press) followed by Houston talking, then another "beep" (PTT release) and finally the voice of the astronauts. Another misconception about Quindar tones is that they were designed to signal the end of a transmission, similar to a courtesy tone used on many half-duplex radio repeaters .

  7. Old-School Slang Words That Really Deserve a Comeback

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    1. Giggle water. Used to describe: Any alcoholic drink, liquor or sparkling wine In the roaring '20s (that's 1920s, kids!) during prohibition, giggle water was slang for any alcoholic beverage.

  8. Telephone exchange names - Wikipedia

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    Telephone numbers listed in 1920 in New York City having three-letter exchange prefixes. In the United States, the most-populous cities, such as New York City, Philadelphia, Boston, and Chicago, initially implemented dial service with telephone numbers consisting of three letters and four digits (3L-4N) according to a system developed by W. G. Blauvelt of AT&T in 1917. [1]

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