Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

dead tree
     
         Paper.
     
        Use of this term emphasises the waste of natural resources and
        limited features available from the printed form of a document
        compared with an electronic rendition.
     
        E.g. "I read the dead tree edition of the {Guardian
        (http://www.guardian.co.uk/)} on the train".
     
        See also {tree-killer}.
     
        (1999-11-03)