woofer
from
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
woofer
tweeter
<jargon> (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)
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
30 Moby Thesaurus words for "woofer":
acoustical network, capacitor speaker, coaxial speaker, cone,
crossover network, diaphragm, dynamic speaker, earphone,
electrodynamic speaker, electromagnetic speaker,
electrostatic speaker, excited-field speaker,
full-fidelity speaker, headphone, headset, high-fidelity speaker,
high-frequency speaker, horn, loudspeaker, low-frequency speaker,
midrange speaker, monorange speaker, moving-coil speaker,
permanent magnet speaker, speaker, speaker system, speaker unit,
triaxial speaker, tweeter, voice coil
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