teletype

To use a teletype.

Noun

  1. A telegraph that automatically prints transmitted messages in letters rather than Morse code or other symbols, typically resembling a typewriter in appearance.
  2. A telegram produced by this device.
  3. An early input/output device for mainframe computers, resembling a typewriter.

Origin

From tele- (“far, distant, telegraph”) + type (“text, typewriter”), q.v. In the United States, chiefly understood as a genericization of the Morkrum or Teletype Corporation's branded teletype machines. Doublet of telotype.

Forms

teletypes

Synonyms

p r i n t g e l a h teleprinter teletyper teletypewriter telecryptograph telotype o y w x c d k telegram telex

Derived

glass teletype radioteletype teletypic teletypist

Verb

  1. To use a teletype.

Forms

teletypes teletyping teletyped