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Teletype, n.|ˈtɛlɪtaɪp|
Also teletype.
[f. tele- + typewriter.]
1. a. A proprietary name for a make of teleprinter. Hence loosely, any teleprinter.
1904Sci. Amer. 17 Sept. 193/3 At Brussels it is the telecryptograph of Engineer Malcotti, at Berlin the teletype and the Heljes apparatus. 1922Telegr. & Teleph. Jrnl. VIII. 71/1 The latent innovation in the way of apparatus in the London C.T.O. [sc. Central Telegraph Office] is that of the Teletype. 1925Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 26 May 815/1 Morkrum–Kleinschmidt Corporation, Chicago... Teletype... Printing-telegraph apparatus. 1933Jrnl. R. Aeronaut. Soc. XXXVII. 12 America, where the teletype, or electrical distant-controlled typewriter, is such an important part of the weather reporting system. 1952Trade Marks Jrnl. 17 Dec. 1167/2 Teletype... Printing telegraph apparatus. 1958Times Rev. Industry July (Suppl.) p. ii/1 The bedrock of the work of most British information posts is the daily Press service sent to them by radio, Morse, Hellschreiber or teletype, from C.O.I.'s telecommunications room. 1968J. Sangster Touchfeather xiv. 161 As security officer, he had no doubt put the details of my visit on the teletype to all branches of the..Corporation. 1976Physics Bull. July 298/2 Teletypes are rapidly being superseded by cathode ray display terminals.
b. A message received and printed by a teleprinter.
1961in Webster. 1966‘D. Shannon’ With a Vengeance xiii. 184 ‘I'd sent a teletype off.’..He reached into his breast pocket and brought out two folded pages of teletype. 1972B. F. Conners Don't embarrass Bureau (1973) ii. 104 He had read his Bureau mail, received a few teletypes from the Director. 1978S. Sheldon Bloodline iii. 56 The messenger..handed him an envelope. Inside was a teletype from Rhys Williams.
2. attrib., as Teletype circuit, Teletype key, Teletype line, Teletype machine, Teletype message, Teletype network, Teletype operator, Teletype system, Teletype terminal.
1933Sun (Baltimore) 21 July 22/5 At noon..police of all districts were notified on the department's teletype system to pick up Roft. 1934W. Saroyan Daring Young Man 76, I used to sit at a table all day, working a teletype machine, sending and receiving telegrams. 1937Sci. Abstr. B. XL. 302 (heading) Teletype network in civil aviation. 1941C. G. Halpine Pilot's Meteorol. iii. 32 Radiosonde observations are made..and the reports transmitted over the teletype circuits. 1950Times 2 Mar. 7/6 The Austrians cannot instal new telephone or even teletype lines to other countries without Allied Council approval. 1962New Scientist 1 Feb. 260/1 A transistorized microwave system for transmitting verbal data and teletype messages. 1971Ibid. 18 Mar. 617/1 Fingers that itch to perform on the teletype keys. 1973Physics Bull. Oct. 632/1 Since January 1973 a ‘conversational’ reference retrieval system has been available.., providing access to 10 000 references and abstracts through any teletype terminal or visual display unit. 1978N.Y. Times 30 Mar. b20/1 (Advt.), Shipping co needs expd teletype operator. |