Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a loudspeaker that reproduces lower audio frequency sounds;
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
woofer
n 1: a loudspeaker that reproduces lower audio frequency sounds
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
woofer
tweeter
(University of Waterloo) Some varieties of wide paper
for printers have a perforation 8.5 inches from the left
margin that allows the 3.5 inch excess on the right-hand side
to be torn off when the print format is 80 columns or less
wide. If done with sufficient aplomb this makes a sound like
the "woof" of a dog. If the large part is the "woofer" then
the small part must obviously be the "tweeter", following the
names for the large and small cones in a hi-fi loudspeaker.
These terms have been in use at Waterloo since 1972, but are
unknown elsewhere.
Compare chad.
[Jargon File]
(1997-03-21)