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telex, Telex|ˈtɛlɛks|
[f. teleprinter + exchange n. 10 c.]
1. A system of telegraphy in which printed messages are transmitted and received by teleprinters using the public telecommunication lines; the apparatus used in this process. Freq. attrib., esp. in telex service.
Despite the frequent use of a capital initial, telex in the ordinary uses defined here is not a proprietary term. The names of some specific products (radio equipment, hearing aids, etc.) of the Telex Corporation are registered as trade marks, however.
1932Telegr. & Teleph. Jrnl. Oct. 2/1 In August 1932, came the opening in London of ‘Telex’ service, otherwise ‘teleprinter exchange service’. 1939Electrical Communication Jan. 222/2 Strong grounds exist for the belief that..a spontaneous and universal growth of Telex will follow. 1954Communications & Electronics Nov. 40/1 Telex is an internationally agreed name for a subscriber-to-subscriber public teleprinter exchange service; it is for the printed word what the telephone exchange system is for the spoken word. 1958Times 2 Sept. 5/2 Telex subscribers are linked to a system by which they can exchange typed messages by teleprinter. 1964C. Dent Quantity Surveying by Computer vii. 101 Equipment can be obtained enabling these tapes to be input over the Telex system directly to the computer. 1968R. V. Beste Repeat Instructions xxii. 233 He..was told to ring back at midnight when they should have the answer on the Telex. 1970New Scientist 16 July (Suppl.) 2/1 It is estimated that by 1980 the total of telex and similar machine to machine (including computer) messages in the United States will be just over one billion. 1974C. Hampton Savages (1976) xiii. 64 Installing a telex in the interests of business efficiency. 1981Sci. Amer. Oct. E5/1 (Advt.), Transmission is at 2,400 bit/s and a page of 1500 characters can be sent in ten seconds—20–30 times faster than telex—and received on telexes, electronic typewriters, word processors or other compatible terminals.
2. A message so transmitted.
1978Globe & Mail (Toronto) 12 Oct. 4/4 Here was the only apparent flaw in the Telexes. Mr. Lalonde wasn't elected to the House of Commons and appointed to Cabinet until the following year. 1980Daily Tel. 9 July 16 The first I heard of it was when I got a telex of congratulation.
Hence ˈtelex v. (a) trans., (i) to contact by telex; (ii) to send (a message) by telex; (b) intr., to send a telex message; ˈtelexed ppl. a.
1960Guardian 13 Dec. 8/6 In a telexed message to 18 cities and towns Mr. Bevins declared that direct dialling..was planned to start in six months. 1968Aramco World Mag. May–June 25/1 He..waited while the story was telexed—at 60 words a minute—to a communications center in London. 1968C. Burke Elephant across Border ii. 74, I must telex Allard by eleven. 1972Daily Tel. 8 Mar. 17 (Advt.), Write, telephone or telex for information now. 1979Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 4 Oct. 3/6 The managing director of Hudson Conway Holdings Ltd...said yesterday he had telexed the Queensland Opposition offering to open his company's files to them. 1983Listener 28 Apr. 24/2 One didn't know one's every word was being..telexed direct to the Shah for his comment. |