beeper

Noun

1. Something that makes a beeping sound.
   • The Controls option enables you to resize and move a currently displayed window, as well as toggle the PC beeper. - 1986, Dr. Dobb's journal of software tools for the professional programmer: volume 11, page 53:

   1. A simple computer speaker.

   2. A pager (wireless telecommunication device).

      • No stages, front pages, no phones, no beepers - 1993, “Just Another Day”, in Black Reign, performed by Queen Latifah:

   3. (endearing) A robot.

2. A broadcast interview taking place over the telephone (originally having to include a beeping sound to indicate that it was not a live broadcast).
   • Radio "beepers" are easy: all you need is a telephone, and you can basically have an overseas conversation with any DJ or radio news director in America. - 2009, Keith Oliver, Command Attention: Promoting Your...