page printer

page printer

noun
Computers. a high-speed, high-resolution printer that uses a light source, as a laser beam or electrically charged ions, to print a full page of text or graphics at a time.

Origin:
1895–1900, for an earlier sense
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Page printer is always a great word to know.
So is distributed data processing. Does it mean:
a protocol for a menu-based system of accessing documents on the Internet; any program that implements this protocol
a method of organizing data processing that uses a central computer that communicates with smaller local computers, which may communicate with each other
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page printer

noun
a printer that prints one page at a time 
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