Banner N. 1. The Title Page Added To Printouts By Most Print Spoolers (see Spool).

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banner n.

1. The title page added to printouts by most
print spoolers (see spool). Typically includes user or
account ID information in very large character-graphics capitals.
Also called a `burst page', because it indicates where to burst
(tear apart) fanfold paper to separate one user's printout from the
next. 2. A similar printout generated (typically on multiple pages
of fan-fold paper) from user-specified text, e.g., by a program
such as Unix's banner({1,6}). 3. On interactive software,
a first screen containing a logo and/or author credits and/or a
copyright notice. This is probably now the commonest sense.

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