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  2. Pager - Wikipedia

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    Pager. 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. [2]

  3. Al Gross (engineer) - Wikipedia

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    Al Gross (engineer) Irving " Al " Gross ( / ɡroʊs /; February 22, 1918 – December 21, 2000) was a pioneer in mobile wireless communication. He created and patented many communications devices, specifically in relation to an early version of the walkie-talkie, [1] Citizens' Band radio, [2] the telephone pager [2] and the cordless telephone. [3]

  4. Memory paging - Wikipedia

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    Memory paging. In computer operating systems, memory paging (or swapping on some Unix-like systems) is a memory management scheme by which a computer stores and retrieves data from secondary storage [a] for use in main memory. [citation needed] In this scheme, the operating system retrieves data from secondary storage in same-size blocks called ...

  5. Page (computer memory) - Wikipedia

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    Page (computer memory) A page, memory page, or virtual page is a fixed-length contiguous block of virtual memory, described by a single entry in a page table. It is the smallest unit of data for memory management in an operating system that uses virtual memory. Similarly, a page frame is the smallest fixed-length contiguous block of physical ...

  6. Page replacement algorithm - Wikipedia

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    The first-in, first-out (FIFO) page replacement algorithm is a low-overhead algorithm that requires little bookkeeping on the part of the operating system. The idea is obvious from the name – the operating system keeps track of all the pages in memory in a queue, with the most recent arrival at the back, and the oldest arrival in front.

  7. Things Boomers Took for Granted That are Obsolete Now

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    The punched-card tabulation system was first put into widespread use during the 1890 United States Census, although inventors had previously tinkered with earlier versions. ... Pagers. 1949-1998 ...

  8. Public address system - Wikipedia

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    A public address system (or PA system) is an electronic system comprising microphones, amplifiers, loudspeakers, and related equipment. It increases the apparent volume (loudness) of a human voice, musical instrument, or other acoustic sound source or recorded sound or music.

  9. Motorola Pageboy - Wikipedia

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    Motorola Pageboy. Motorola Pageboy was the second pager ever produced by Motorola with individual-unit addressing, [clarification needed] after the less known 1955 (not 1956 as believed) Pager called "Handie-Talkie Radio Pocket Pager". [citation needed] The first pager-like system was used in 1921 by the Detroit Police Department.

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