beeper

pager

Portable alert receiver

• hospitalMedical treatment facility
• doctorLicensed medical healer
• nurseHealthcare provider, bedside

on-call · numeric · display · clip · belt · vibrate · battery · 1990s · Motorola · alphanumeric

hospital

Medical treatment facility

• on-callAvailable when summoned
• doctorLicensed medical healer
• nurseHealthcare provider, bedside

surgeon · ER · paramedic · trauma · ICU · resident · attending · shift · urgent · triage

tone

Quality of sound

• alertWarning or watchfulness
• vibrateShake with small movements
• frequencyRate of recurrence

transmission · carrier · radio · receiver · antenna · broadcast · pulse · chirp · buzz · ping

1990s

Final twentieth-century decade

• MotorolaAmerican electronics corporation
• NokiaFinnish telecom corporation
• retroEvoking recent past

payphone · callback · voicemail · landline · obsolete · vintage · analog · digital · telecom · yuppie

horn

Pointed animal headgear

• honkLoud nasal blast
• noveltyQuality of being original
• toyObject for amusement

• telecommunicationscell phone, cellphone, signals, cellular network, telephone calls
• parking aidsbackup camera, rear camera, parking sensor, parking assist, self-parking
• retro techVCR, cassette tape, typewriter, fax machine, answering machine
• sound sourcesdrum, guitar, piano, violin, trumpet
• 90s TechWindows 95, Windows 98, dial-up, Netscape, AOL
• alert soundsalarm, buzzer, chime, doorbell, fire alarm