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The name will live on in "PagerDuty" at a minimum.

• erik_seaberg 3y ago
  Before mobile phones and beepers, institutions would use a public address system to announce “paging dr. whoever.” Makes me wonder whether the word comes from sending a “page” (an errand boy) to go look for dr. whoever and bring him back. I guess now “carrying the pager” is a metaphor like “copy and paste” (from the glue used in newspaper layout).
  • chirau 3y ago
    "paging dr. whoever" Can't help but think of that epic line in The Hangover "Paging doctor F.....!" - Phil
  • binary132 3y ago
    There’s a website for people like us. Merry Christmas! https://www.etymonline.com/word/pager https://www.etymonline.com/word/pager