paging — English Dictionary

Noun

1. The arrangement of pages in a book or other publication.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   More examples (1)

   Record the total number of pages, leaves, or columns (excluding those that are blank or contain advertising or other inessential matter) followed by in various pagings, in various foliations, or in various numberings, as appropriate.

2. A transfer of pages between main memory and an auxiliary store, such as hard disk drive.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

Noun

1. calling out the name of a person (especially by a loudspeaker system)

   Broader terms

   utterancevocalization

   Examples

   the public address system in the hospital was used for paging

2. the system of numbering pages

   Synonyms

   paginationfoliopage number

   Broader terms

   number