Definitions[]
Communications[]
Paging is
| “ | a low-cost one-way message-sending systems that use base stations similar to cellular telephone systems.[1] | ” |
Computing[]
Paging is
| “ | [a] procedure for moving standard-size blocks of information (pages) between main storage and auxiliary storage units. This is generally used to permit several programs to share main storage concurrently.[2] | ” |
Overview (Communications)[]
One-way paging only allows the receipt of messages consisting of a few digits, typically a phone number that the user is then expected to call. Two-way paging provides a user with the ability to send and receive email, numeric pages, and SMS messages.