A pager, or beeper, is a small, battery-operated machine that alerts you with a sound or vibration when it will get a sign. It can show a numeric message or, within the case of alphanumeric pagers, a textual content message. Pagers had been broadly used from the late Eighties by means of the Nineteen Nineties. By the 2000s, nevertheless, smaller, extra inexpensive cell telephones with longer battery life prompted many individuals to transition to mobile communication. However, the tiny machine, which is broadly utilized by the Hezbollah group in Lebanon killed a number of individuals and injured greater than 2,800 individuals.