line printer

• Type d'imprimante à grande vitesse qui imprime une ligne entière de texte à la fois, généralement utilisée sur les ordinateurs centraux et les premiers systèmes informatiques. Aujourd'hui largement obsolète en raison des technologies d'impression modernes.

A type of high-speed printer that prints one entire line of text at a time, commonly used in mainframe and early computing systems. Now largely obsolete due to modern printing technology.

1. High-speed printing deviceC1formal

   A type of computer printer that prints one entire line of text at a time, typically used in mainframe environments.

   Imprimante ligne

   • The old line printer could produce hundreds of pages per minute.
   • Data centers used line printers for bulk report generation.
   • The line printer's distinctive sound was a hallmark of early computing.