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line printer

noun

Computers.
  1. a printer that produces an entire line of output at a time.


line printer

noun

  1. an electromechanical device that prints a line of characters at a time rather than a character at a time, at speeds from about 200 to 3000 lines per minute: used in printing and in computer systems
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of line printer1

First recorded in 1950–55
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The operators also pulled printouts from line printers and shoved them in labeled cubbyholes, where you got your output filed under your last name.

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The computer was at the far end of the room, next to an enclosed line printer.

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This may    derive from the `squashed-bug' appearance of the asterisk on many    early line printers.

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This may derive    from the `squashed-bug' appearance of the asterisk on many early    line printers.

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It looked more like a text file which was being dumped from a computer to a line printer.

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