单词 | paging |
释义 | pagingn.1 1. = pagination n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > leaves or pages of book > [noun] > numbering of leaves or pages discounting1655 paging1774 pagination1794 foliation1846 folioing1858 the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > [noun] > assigning numbers to things > numbering pages of book paging1774 pagination1794 foliation1846 folioing1858 1774 H. Stanley Let. in T. Warton Corr. (1955) iii. 336 From its being without paging,..I suppose it to have been collected by him, and probably only a few copies struck off for the use of his friends. 1781 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry III. xxii. 69 The reader will observe, that I have followed the paging and arrangement of Tottell's second edition in 1565. 1824 J. Johnson Typographia I. 263 Throughout the volume the paging is very irregular. 1884 H. Spencer in Athenæum 5 Apr. 446/3 The pagings of these extracts refer to the first edition. 1925 M. Whiton Calkins Persistent Probl. of Philos. p. x The paging of the first edition is retained. 1955 Times 3 May 8/15 Newsprint supplies are still inadequate to permit freedom of paging unless the large users are prepared to exercise voluntary restraint. 2001 Africa News (Nexis) 13 Nov. Subsequent editions of the book should also as a matter of priority, take into consideration the typographical errors: errors relating to typesetting and paging. 2. Computing. a. Division, as of storage, into pages (page n.2 3); the transfer of pages between a central store and an auxiliary store. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > hardware > [noun] > memory > way of using bank switching1953 overlay1963 paging1966 roll-in roll-out1971 1966 IEEE Trans. Electronic Computers 15 855/1 The computer addressing techniques known as paging and segmentation will be familiar. 1972 IEEE Trans. Computers 21 1053/1 Under demand paging, a single program's execution and its resulting page swapping can be overlapped. 1991 Unix World Jan. 90/1 Dynamic buffer allocation makes good use of available memory, and also prevents problems with excess paging—both important features. b. The action of moving through and displaying text, etc., on a screen one page at a time. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > hardware > peripherals > [noun] > monitor > display or screen > organization of windowing1968 paging1971 scrolling1971 1971 Auerbach on Alphanumeric Displays xi. 82 In paging, a new page or screen full of data may be called in. 1980 Pract. Computing Oct. 62/3 Paging is more restful to the eye, and would be ideal but for the fact that the page mode announces itself via a small flashing square in the bottom-right-hand corner which obscures two letters of the text. Compounds paging machine n. now rare a machine for printing or stamping consecutive numbers on tickets, account book pages, etc. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > printing machine or press > [noun] > machine for numbering pages paging machine1845 1845 Littell's Living Age 13 Sept. 508/2 Paging Machine—A machine designed to page account books has been recently patented by Mr. W. Shaw, of Liverpool. The machine..is so constructed as to number the pages of a book, whether bound or unbound, progressively, from one to ten thousand. 1894 Amer. Dict. Printing & Bookmaking 417/1 Paging-Machines, mechanical apparatuses for automatic numbering, used on blank-books or tickets. 1904 N.E.D. (at cited word) Improved paging and perforating machines, hand and treadle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). pagingn.2 The action of page v.1 2. Frequently attributive.Recorded earliest in radio paging (radio paging n. at radio n. Compounds 3). ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > paging > [noun] paging1929 pocket paging1958 society > communication > telecommunication > paging > [adjective] paging1929 society > communication > information > message > [noun] > messenger > page > action of paging1929 1929 Olean (N.Y.) Herald 20 Nov. 5/1 A radio paging system to expedite communication with members of its staff whose services are needed quickly has been installed in the University of Pennsylvania Hospital. 1936 H. F. Olsen in RCA Rev. 1 i. 58 (heading) General announce and paging systems. 1977 Time 2 May 49/1 A portable paging device about the size of a cigarette pack, the beeper is a mini-radio receiver that puts the person carrying it on instant call from office, home or anywhere else. 1998 New Yorker 26 Oct. 84 (advt.) Throw away your old-fashioned beeper; paging has evolved into ‘advanced text messaging’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11774n.21929 |
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