A beeper is a device that makes a
beep sound.
Beeper may also refer to:
Devices
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Avalanche transceiver
An avalanche transceiver or avalanche beacon is a type of emergency locator beacon, a radio transceiver (a transmitter and receiver in one unit) operating at 457 kHz for the purpose of finding people buried under snow. They are widely carrie ...
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Buzzer
A buzzer or beeper is an audio signaling device, which may be mechanical, electromechanical, or piezoelectric (''piezo'' for short). Typical uses of buzzers and beepers include alarm devices, timers, train and confirmation of user input such ...
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Pager
A pager, also known as a beeper or bleeper, is a Wireless communication, wireless telecommunications device that receives and displays Alphanumericals, alphanumeric or voice messages. One-way pagers can only receive messages, while response p ...
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PC speaker
A PC speaker is a loudspeaker built into some IBM PC compatible computers. The first IBM Personal Computer, model 5150, employed a standard 2.25 inch magnetic driven (dynamic) speaker. More recent computers use a tiny moving-iron or pie ...
, an internal loudspeaker integrated into most IBM PC compatible computers
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Piezoelectric speaker
A piezoelectric speaker (also known as a piezo bender due to its mode of operation, and sometimes colloquially called a "piezo", buzzer, crystal loudspeaker or beep speaker) is a loudspeaker that uses the piezoelectric effect for generating sou ...
, used in early microcomputers
Music
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"Beeper" (song), the debut single by The Count and Sinden
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The Beepers, an American band
* "Beepers", a song by American rapper Sir Mix-a-Lot from the 1989 album ''
Seminar
A seminar is a form of academic instruction, either at an academic institution or offered by a commercial or professional organization. It has the function of bringing together small groups for recurring meetings, focusing each time on some part ...
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Other uses
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Beeper (application), an instant messaging application and service
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''Beeper'' (film), a 2002 film
See also
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Beep (disambiguation)
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