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woofer |
3 definitions found From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: woofer n : a loudspeaker that reproduces lower audio frequency sounds From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: woofer n. [University of Waterloo] Some varieties of wide paper for printers have a perforation 8.5 inches from the left margin that allows the excess on the right-hand side to be torn off when the print format is 80 columns or less wide. The right-hand excess may be called `woofer'. This term (like {tweeter}) has been in use at Waterloo since 1972, but is elsewhere unknown. In audio jargon, the word refers to the bass speaker(s) on a hi-fi. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: woofer(University of Waterloo) Some varieties of wide paper for printers have a perforation 8.5 inches from the left margin that allows the 3.5 inch excess on the right-hand side to be torn off when the print format is 80 columns or less wide. If done with sufficient aplomb this makes a sound like the woof" of a dog. If the large part is the woofer" then the small part must obviously be the "tweeter", following the names for the large and small cones in a hi-fi loudspeaker. These terms have been in use at Waterloo since 1972, but are unknown elsewhere. Compare {chad}. [{Jargon File}] (1997-03-21)
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