telecomputern.
/ˈtɛlᵻkəmˌpjuːtə/, U.S. /ˈtɛləkəmˌpjudər/ Now rare.
A computer that is capable of communicating with other computers and devices over a network.
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society > communication > telecommunication > [noun] > computer able to make use of telecommunications
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society > computing and information technology > hardware > computer > [noun] > telecomputer
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society > computing and information technology > hardware > computer > [noun] > telecomputer > proprietary
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1954 Math. Teacher May 329/2 Telecomputers are expensive machines to be used by industry to build efficiency in analyzing data.
1975 Economist 4 Jan. 35/1 Unless the telecomputer age again temporarily makes the Chinese quality of entrepreneurship much more important than the Japanese qualities of leadership and management.
1985 N.Y. Times 26 Mar. d4/2 The Compaq Computer Corporation..announced a new series..of telecomputers that combine the capabilities of advanced telecommunications and desktop computers.
1994 H. A. Linstone & I. I. Mitroff Challenge of 21st Cent. viii. 198 The school becomes a learning centre, with telecomputers linking students to the home, libraries, learning modules, great teachers, and it makes possible participation in individualized learning games.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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