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woofer /n./ [University of Waterloo] Some varieties of wide
paper for printers have a perforation 8.5 inches from the left
margin that allows the excess on the right-hand side to be torn off
when the print format is 80 columns or less wide. The right-hand
excess may be called `woofer'. This term (like tweeter) has
been in use at Waterloo since 1972, but is elsewhere unknown. In
audio jargon, the word refers to the bass speaker(s) on a hi-fi.
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