Define the word feep"feep" jargon "Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)"
feep /feep/ 1. n. The soft electronic `bell' sound of a display
terminal (except for a VT-52); a beep (in fact, the microcomputer world
seems to prefer beep). 2. vi. To cause the display to make a feep
sound. ASR-33s (the original TTYs) do not feep; they have mechanical
bells that ring. Alternate forms: beep, `bleep', or just about
anything suitably onomatopoeic. (Jeff MacNelly, in his comic strip
"Shoe", uses the word `eep' for sounds made by computer terminals and
video games; this is perhaps the closest written approximation yet.) The
term `breedle' was sometimes heard at SAIL, where the terminal bleepers
are not particularly soft (they sound more like the musical equivalent
of a raspberry or Bronx cheer; for a close approximation, imagine the
sound of a Star Trek communicator's beep lasting for five seconds). The
`feeper' on a VT-52 has been compared to the sound of a '52 Chevy
stripping its gears. See also ding.
"feep" foldoc "The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)"
feep
/feep/ 1. The soft electronic "bell" sound of a display
terminal (except for a VT-52); a beep (in fact, the
microcomputer world seems to prefer beep).
2. To cause the display to make a feep sound. ASR-33s (the
original TTYs) do not feep; they have mechanical bells that
ring. Alternate forms: beep, "bleep", or just about
anything suitably onomatopoeic. (Jeff MacNelly, in his comic
strip "Shoe", uses the word "eep" for sounds made by computer
terminals and video games; this is perhaps the closest written
approximation yet.) The term "breedle" was sometimes heard at
SAIL, where the terminal bleepers are not particularly soft
(they sound more like the musical equivalent of a raspberry or
Bronx cheer; for a close approximation, imagine the sound of a
Star Trek communicator's beep lasting for five seconds). The
"feeper" on a VT-52 has been compared to the sound of a '52
Chevy stripping its gears. See also ding.
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