bebooper

bebooper [bee-boo-per]: beep + boop + computer

-noun

  1. Those things in movies that look like computers, but beep or boop every time something is clicked on, whir whenever there’s a progress bar, or ever show an “ACCESS DENIED” message in a 36 pt. or greater font size. These devices are often also likely to be able to enhance images, interpolating up to 729 pixels where there were originally only nine.

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  1. Wade Cox Avatar

    This describes almost every computer on TV.

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