单词 | teleprinter |
释义 | teleprintern. Now chiefly historical. An electrical device resembling and similar in operation to a typewriter, used for transmitting and receiving text-based messages to and from other such devices over a network or direct communication link, and for printing received messages. Cf. telex n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > telegraph > [noun] > types of > printing telegraphs printing telegraph1841 telotype1850 printer1859 pantelegraph1860 magneto-printer1883 typo-telegraph1888 teletyper1895 telecryptograph1904 teletype1904 teletypewriter1904 Creed1911 teleprinter1911 teletypesetter1928 telex1968 1911 Athens (Ohio, U.S.) Daily Messenger 27 Jan. 5/3 The teleprinter is a simple little instrument with a key-board like a typewriter, which can be fixed to any telegraph or telephone installation. 1932 Times Educ. Suppl. 6 Aug. p. i/4 A service of teleprinters will be opened in London on August 15. 1959 Times Rev. Industry Sept. 34/1 The teleprinter is not a substitute for a telephone. 1978 R. V. Jones Most Secret War xviii. 148 Grant's interpretation was circulated by teleprinter. 2012 E. Conwall Incarnation xxi. 222 Maps of every part of the world covered the walls. Teleprinters clattered with incoming messages. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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