0 a long, thin strip of paper, used in the past for printing changing information on, for example share prices --
1 a system of messages that move across a screen on a website, television, etc., giving the latest information about a particular thing: --
2 a computer system used by stock markets to send information about shares to investors so they can react immediately if there is anything they want to buy or sell: --
3 a system of printing stock market information on long, thin pieces of paper, used before computers to help investors make quick decisions: --
However, actual ticker tape is not used during these parades; often, pieces of paper from paper shredders are used as a convenient source of confetti.
On the television, the information is broadcast on a ticker tape at the bottom of the screen for two hours with no interruptions.
Paper ticker tape became obsolescent in the 1960s, as television and computers were increasingly used to transmit financial information.
The term "ticker" refers to the noise made by the ticker tape machines once widely used by stock exchanges.
It could produce both typed copy and punched ticker tape to be fed directly into the linotypes.
The term tape refers to the ticker tape used to transmit the price of stocks.
After this, the ticker tape is withdrawn, but the police continue to inform the public through the usual means of communication.
He displayed marble inlay works, inlaid with share market ticker tape and its abstract distortions.
