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Beeper (other)
A beeper is a device that makes a beep sound. Beeper may also refer to: Devices * Avalanche transceiver * Buzzer * Pager * PC speaker, an internal loudspeaker integrated into most IBM PC compatible computers * Piezoelectric speaker, used in early microcomputers Music * "Beeper" (song), the debut single by The Count and Sinden * The Beepers, an American band * "Beepers", a song by American rapper Sir Mix-a-Lot from the 1989 album '' Seminar'' Other uses * Beeper (application), an instant messaging application and service * ''Beeper'' (film), a 2002 film See also * Beep (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beep (sound)
A beep is a short, single tone, typically high-pitched, generally made by a computer or other machine. The term has its origin in onomatopoeia. The word "beep-beep" is recorded for the noise of a car horn in 1929, and the modern usage of "beep" for a high-pitched tone is attributed to Arthur C. Clarke in 1951. Use in computers In some computer terminals, the ASCII character code 7, bell character, outputs an audible beep. The beep is also sometimes used to notify the user when the BIOS is not working or there is some other error during the start up process, often during the power-on self-test (POST). A beep is also made when holding down too many keys at the same time, as the computer often cannot handle the processes. The command-line interfaces of the ReactOS, PTS-DOS, SISNE plus, and AROS operating systems include a beep command. A beep command is also part of ASCII's ''MSX-DOS2 Tools'' for MSX-DOS version 2. Use in transport Beeps are also used as a warning when a truck ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 carried by skiers, particularly back country skiers for use in case a skier is buried by an avalanche. Before setting out on an expedition, all the members of a group activate their transceivers in the transmit mode, causing the device to emit low-power pulsed radio signals during the trip. Following an avalanche, if some members of the ski party are buried, the others may switch their transceivers from transmit into receive mode, allowing use as a radio direction finding device to search for signals coming from the lost skiers. The avalanche beacon is an active device powered by batteries; a ski suit may also contain a passive RECCO transponder sewn into the clothing. Early avalanche transceivers transmitted at 2.275 kHz. In 1986, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 as a mouse click or keystroke. History Electromechanical The electric buzzer was invented in 1831 by Joseph Henry. They were mainly used in early doorbells until they were phased out in the early 1930s in favor of musical chimes, which had a softer tone. Piezoelectric Piezoelectric buzzers, or piezo buzzers, as they are sometimes called, were invented by Japanese manufacturers and fitted into a wide array of products during the 1970s to 1980s. This advancement mainly came about because of cooperative efforts by Japanese manufacturing companies. In 1951, they established the Barium Titanate Application Research Committee, which allowed the companies to be "competitively cooperative" and bring about several piezoelectric innovations and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pager
A pager (also known as a beeper or bleeper) 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. Pagers operate as part of a paging system which includes one or more fixed transmitters (or in the case of response pagers and two-way pagers, one or more base stations), as well as a number of pagers carried by mobile users. These systems can range from a restaurant system with a single low power transmitter, to a nationwide system with thousands of high-power base stations. Pagers were developed in the 1950s and 1960s, and became widely used by the 1980s. In the 21st century, the widespread availability of cellphones and smartphones has greatly diminished the pager industry. Nevertheless, pagers continue to be used by some emergency services and public safety personne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 piezo speaker instead. The speaker allows software and firmware to provide auditory feedback to a user, such as to report a hardware fault. A PC speaker generates waveforms using the programmable interval timer, an Intel 8253 or 8254 chip. Use cases BIOS/UEFI error codes The PC speaker is used during the power-on self-test (POST) sequence to indicate errors during the boot process. Since it is active before the graphics card, it can be used to communicate "beep codes" related to problems that prevent the much more complex initialization of the graphics card to take place. For example, the Video BIOS usually cannot activate a graphics card unless working RAM is present in the system while beeping the speaker is possible with just R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 sound. The initial mechanical motion is created by applying a voltage to a piezoelectric material, and this motion is typically converted into audible sound using diaphragms and resonators. The prefix ''piezo-'' is Greek for 'press' or 'squeeze'. Compared to other speaker designs piezoelectric speakers are relatively easy to drive; for example they can be connected directly to TTL outputs, although more complex drivers can give greater sound intensity. Typically they operate well in the range of 1-5 kHz and up to 100 kHz in ultrasound applications. Usage Piezoelectric speakers are frequently used to generate sound in digital quartz watches and other electronic devices, and are sometimes used as tweeters in less-expensive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beeper (song)
"Beeper" is the debut single by British music duo the Count & Sinden, featuring vocals from American hip hop artist Kid Sister. The song was released via Domino Records in April 2008. Background and release "Beeper" was released on Switch and Sinden's record label Counterfeet. "Beeper" was re-released through Domino Records with vocals from Kid Sister. It featured an exclusive instrumental B-side, "Stinging Nettle". The track samples elements of Pharrell Williams' verse from Fam-Lay's "Hit Me on My Beeper". The music video was directed by Joey Garfield and Joey Patel for Ghost Robot. The clip was filmed in Kid Sister's hometown of Chicago. The video premiered on 21 February 2008. The track was featured during the "Showboat" segment on British Saturday-morning football show ''Soccer AM''. Commercial performance "Beeper" debuted on the UK Singles Chart at number 99 in the final week of March 2008. It rose ten places the next week, before spending one week in the top 75 at numb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Beepers
The Beepers was an American music band consisting of Anthony Marinelli, Arthur B. Rubinstein, Brian Banks and Cynthia Morrow. They provided the theme song, "Murphy's Law" for the film, '' Blue Thunder'' (1983), their single "Video Fever" and the song "History Lesson" is used in the soundtrack for the 1983 film '' WarGames''. Brian Banks and Anthony Marinelli were already known for work together for performances as a synthesizer A synthesizer (also spelled synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis and ... duo, such as a live performance of Tchaikovsky's Overture to Romeo and Juliet and other works as an opener for a 1980 concert of the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.Contemporary Keyboard - Volume 6 -1980 Page 179 "... (Brian Banks and Anthony Marinelli, duo synthesists) will offer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seminar (album)
''Seminar'' is the second album by American rapper Sir Mix-a-Lot. It was released on October 17, 1989 via Nastymix and was produced entirely by Sir Mix-a-Lot. The album peaked at number 67 on the Billboard 200, number 25 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, and was certified gold by Recording Industry Association of America. It spawned three singles: "Beepers", which peaked at #61 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and #2 on the Hot Rap Songs, "My Hooptie", which peaked at #49 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and #7 on the Hot Rap Songs, and "I Got Game", which peaked at #86 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and #20 on the Hot Rap Songs. Track listing Sample credits *Track 1 contants elements from "Irresistible Bitch" by Prince (1983) *Track 2 contants elements from "Batdance" by Prince (1989) *Track 3 contants elements from "The Star-Spangled Banner" by Francis Scott Key & John Stafford Smith (1814) *Track 4 contants elements from "Posse on Broadway" by Sir Mix-a-Lot (1988) and "I Ain't Tha 1" by N.W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beeper (application)
Beeper is an instant messenger software that enables using a variety of chat services and protocols all from the same application. Originally developed by Beeper Inc, it was acquired by Automattic in April 2024. Features Beeper supports a variety of chat services and protocols, including Discord, Facebook Messenger, IRC (via Libera Chat), Matrix, Signal, Skype, Slack, SMS/RCS (via Google Messages), Telegram, and WhatsApp. The app used to support iMessage, but has since been removed due to unreliable performance caused by iMessage's operator Apple. Beeper is built on top of the Matrix protocol and Element application, bridged to the other services. History Beeper was created in 2020 by Eric Migicovsky, Brad Murray and Tulir Asokan as NovaChat. The company is located in Palo Alto, California. Migicovsky was previously the founder of smartwatch company Pebble. The company renamed the app from Beeper to Beeper Cloud upon launching Beeper Mini in December 2023 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beeper (film)
''Beeper'' is a 2002 American crime thriller film directed by Jack Sholder. The thriller Beeper concerns a doctor working in India whose son is kidnapped. Left with nothing more but the title device as a way to communicate with the kidnappers, the man must make his way through the seedy underground in order to rescue his son. Among the people he must team up with is a drug dealer called Zolo (Harvey Keitel). Cast * Harvey Keitel as Zolo * Joey Lauren Adams as Inspector Julia Hyde * Ed Quinn as Dr. Richard Avery * Gulshan Grover as Sr. Inspector Vijay Kumar * Stefan Djordjevic as Sam Avery * Vinay Varma Vinay Varma is an Indian actor, script writer, and casting director who primarily works in Telugu and Hindi films. Career Vinay Varma, founder of Sutradhar started out as an amateur theatre practitioner. He has been involved with theatre f ... as Tiger Reception Scott Weinberg of DVDTalk.com gave it 2.5 out of 5 and suggested "Should it pop up on cable one insomniatic eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
