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Meaning of pen-and-paper in English

pen-and-paper
adjective
uk/ˌpen.ənˈpeɪ.pər/ us/ˌpen.ənˈpeɪ.pɚ/
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involving physical documents, rather than computer ones :
Companies have moved away from pen-and-paper records toward electronic data.
Before computers, there was a strong tradition of keeping pen-and-paper diaries.
The restaurant has replaced pen-and-paper reservations with a cloud service.
Write down your recurring tasks in a pen-and paper notepad, a to-do app, or an online planner.
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done without a computer, calculator (= a small electronic device for doing calculations), etc.:
A new technology-based test has been introduced for students who don't do well on traditional pen-and-paper tests.
Even with the rise of powerful calculators and AI, many professors still insist that students master pen-and-paper mathematics first.
used to refer to a game in which a group of people sitting around a table create and play the part of characters in a story that develops as the game is played, using pieces of paper with information about the characters on them, dice (= small cubes with dots on them), etc. :
pen-and-paper RPG Traditional pen-and-paper RPGs use this form of storytelling.
Computer games started to replace table-top games, including the pen-and-paper role-playing game, as the interactive entertainment medium of choice.
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