cps
Abbreviation of characters per second, a unit of measure used to describe the speed of dot-matrix and daisy-wheel printers. The speed of laser and ink-jet printers is described in terms of pages per minute (ppm).
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- crackberries
Slang term used to describe BlackBerry owners who are addicted to using their BlackBerry. Crackberries never leave their home or their office without their Blackberry. The term is derived from the words crack and Blackberry, meaning that using a BlackBerry device can be as addictive to some users as drugs (crack) are to others.
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