单词 | telecentre |
释义 | telecentretelecentern. 1. (A name given to) a building or other facility used for making or broadcasting television programmes. Now somewhat rare.Frequently (and recorded earliest) in Russian contexts. ΚΠ 1937 N.Y. Times 2 May xi. 12/2 The television center being erected in Moscow..is one of the three centers planned... Apparatus for the Leningrad tele-center is being manufactured in Soviet factories. 1954 N.Y. Herald Tribune 14 June 24/1 Dr. Du Mont referred to his company's new Tele-Center..as ‘the finest television network studio facility in the East.’ 1980 Atlanta Constit. 22 July 5 d/1 Moscow-based correspondents..were unwilling to agree to steep prices..demanded by the Russians for use of the Olympic telecenter. 2000 Hamilton (Ont.) Spectator (Nexis) 1 June d14 It's all happening at Big Bang Studios, the former CHCH-TV Telecentre with the kicking sound studio and movie projection capabilities. 2. Esp. in Latin America: a school, typically in a remote area, where pupils are taught using educational television programmes. Somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ society > education > place of education > school > [noun] > other types of school writing schoola1475 rectory1536 spelling school1704 greycoat1706 rural school1734 Charter School1763 home school1770 Philanthropine1797 British school1819 side school1826 prep school1829 trade school1829 Progymnasium1833 finishing-school1836 field schoola1840 field school1846 prairie school1851 graded school1852 model school1854 Philanthropinum1856 stagiary school1861 grade school1869 middle school1870 language school1878 correspondence school1889 day continuation school1889 prep1891 Sunday school1901 farm school1903 weekend school1907 Charter School1912 folk high school1914 pre-kindergarten1922 Rabfak1924 cram-shop1926 free school1926 crammer1931 composite school1943 outward-bound1943 blackboard jungle1954 pathshala1956 Vo-Tech1956 St. Trinian's1958 juku1962 cadre school1966 telecentre1967 academy2000 academy school2000 1967 J. Lyle et al. in New Educ. Media in Action (UNESCO) II. 86 At the telecentres [in Peru] only simple class-room materials are used in co-ordination with the television lessons. 1973 F. H. Harbison Human Resources iv. 95 The concept of Capacitacion Popular..is to use volunteer tele-teachers as ‘guides’ or intermediaries between pupils and television programmes received in telecenters. 1978 F. Haussman & J. Haar Educ. in Brazil vii. 112 Today..telecenters in São Luis, Ribamar and Passo do Luminar..teach the full programs of grades five through eight..to close to 15,000 students. 3. A building or other facility containing computers and telecommunications equipment; spec. (a) a small office development enabling employees to work remotely away from the main or central office of their organization; (b) a public place (typically in a remote or rural area) where members of the local community can access computers, the internet, etc. (now esp. in the developing world).Cf. telecottage n. ΚΠ 1984 U. Huws New Homeworkers 19 A large ‘tele-centre’ was planned, with facilities for at least a hundred workers and with the idea that fifteen or so different organisations would rent space there. 1986 Communications Daily (Nexis) 5 Nov. 4 Project calls for preparing plans for telecenters at 2 rural communities to offer user training, financial support and shared use of facilities. 1991 Financial Times 16 Sept. 30/4 With the increasing acceptance of electronic home-workers and telecentres.., there is no reason why small businesses should not settle and prosper in Gwynedd. 1995 Independent 17 May 17 (heading) A report on public libraries yesterday described a vision of information ‘telecentres’ open to all. 2010 D. Osborn Afr. Lang. in Digital Age iii. 20 Where a government or a donor announces a project to establish rural telecentres.., the availability or lack of localised software makes a big difference to..the project and what it can provide. 4. An office staffed and equipped to handle large numbers of telephone calls, esp. one providing the customer services functions of a large organization; = call centre n. at call n. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1987 Network World 19 Oct. 17/1 Telecenters..are an increasingly important means of providing sales and service information. 1998 Journal (Newcastle) (Nexis) 19 Feb. 26 British Airways opened a call centre at Newcastle Business Park in the early 90s... There were three main reasons why Newcastle was the first choice for the telecentre. 2005 Hutchinson (Kansas) News 10 Jan. a8/1 Relocation of telecenters erodes customer service... The relocation of telephone service centers to Asia..creates frustration for consumers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1937 |
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