paging

American  

[pay-jing] / ˈpeɪ dʒɪŋ /

noun

Computers.

1. a technique of storage management that transfers pages from secondary storage to main storage when they are required, and returns them to secondary storage when they are not.

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Etymology

Origin of paging

First recorded in 1965–70; page ¹ + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

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paging

The company which owns and operates the pager network said it provides encrypted paging and secure messaging solutions, with "customers determining how those services are deployed".

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

Minutes later, Totorica was paging for an emergency team over the loudspeakers.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2024

“As far as I know, they chose to ignore all of it,” she said Wednesday after paging through the report.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2023

I kept swiping, paging through one video after another like a person possessed.

From Slate ● Apr. 4, 2023

“Well, I really appreciate this,” Mrs. Farmer said once she’d finished paging through the yearbook.

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson

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