- Beep (sound)
:"This article is about the "beep" sound. See
Beep for its disambiguation page.A beep is a single tone, generally made by a
computer or amachine .Use in computers
In some
computer terminal s, theASCII character code 7,bell character , outputs an audible beep. The beep is also sometimes used to notify theend-user when theBIOS is not working or there is some other error during the start up process. [http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000232.htm]Use in transport
Beeps are also used as a warning when a
truck or bus is reversing — a sound sometimes referred to as aNader bell . It can also be used to define the sound produced by acar horn . Colloquially beep is also used to refer to the action of honking the car horn at someone, e.g., "Why did that guy beep at me?".Use in telecommunication
A beep is also considered a colloquialism to describe a second telephone call coming in on the same phone line as someone is currently speaking, either on a
landline ormobile phone . Thecall waiting feature often gives an audible "beep" noise to indicate that there is a second call coming in.Censorship
The use of profanity on public broadcast is often censored by replacing the profane word or phrase with an audible beep(s).
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