paging
nounUK /ˈpeɪdʒɪŋ/
US /ˈpeɪdʒɪŋ/
Paging is when someone calls your name over a speaker to find you.
The hospital used paging to call the doctor to the front desk.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. The act of putting numbers on the pages of a book or document.
The paging of the report was done before printing.
3. Dividing computer memory into small fixed-size blocks called pages.
The operating system uses paging to manage memory efficiently.
4. Sending a message to someone through a small device called a pager.
Paging the nurse was faster than calling her phone.