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Definition of Line printer

1. Noun. Printer that serves as an output device on a computer; prints a whole line of characters at a time.

Definition of Line printer

1. Noun. (computing) A high-speed impact printer, most often used by older mainframes, that prints an entire line in a single operation ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Line Printer

Literary usage of Line printer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Base SAS(R) 9.1.3 Procedures Guide, Second Edition, Volumes 1-4 by Sas Institute (2006)
"Creating Plots for line printer Output » Example 3.5. Creating Plots for Line Printer Output The PLOT option in the PROC UNIVARIATE statement requests ..."

2. Sas/stat 9.1 User's Guide by SAS Institute, Virginia Clark (2004)
"... which displays the results of the trend tests (if the TREND option is specified in the STRATA statement) . the line printer plot on traditional high ..."

3. SAS/OR(R) 9.1.3 User's Guide:: Project Management 2.1, Volumes 1, 2, and 3 by Gehan A Corea, SAS Institute (2006)
"In line-printer mode, this description includes examples of some strings that ... The timenow line is displayed in line-printer and full-screen modes using ..."

4. SAS/OR(R) 9.1 User's Guide: Project Management. by SAS Institute (2004)
"Line-Printer Options and Corresponding Graphics Interpretation Line-Printer Option SCALE=sca/e SKIP=s/c/p Graphics Mode Interpretation one column is denoted ..."

5. SAS/QC 9.1 by SAS Institute (2004)
"The marginal notes, Graphics and line printer, identify options that apply only to graphics devices and line printers, respectively. ANNOTATE=SAS-data-set ..."

6. Book-prices Current: A Record of Prices at which Books Have Been Sold at Auction (1902)
"Paradise Lost, a Poem in Ten Hooks, first edition (Lowndes' seventh title), with 3-line printer's address to the reader, Argument and Errata, morocco, ..."

7. Cyclopadic Science Simplified by John Henry Pepper (1869)
"C.—line printer or Receiver. In the line printer or Receiver (Fig. C), the magnetic armatures are placed in a vertical position ; the central axis is ..."

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