teletypen.
/ˈtɛlᵻtʌɪp/, U.S. /ˈtɛləˌtaɪp/ Now historical.
1. 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; = teleprinter n., teletyper n.
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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
1904 Sci. Amer. 17 Sept. 193/3 At Brussels it is the telecryptograph of Engineer Malcotti, at Berlin the teletype and the Heljes apparatus.
1922 Telegr. & Teleph. Jrnl. 8 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.
1956 Boys' Life Aug. 34 In a smaller room..a battery of teletypes hammer day and night.
1976 Physics Bull. July 298/2 Teletypes are rapidly being superseded by cathode ray display terminals.
2011 Vanity Fair May 132/1 The Teletype made a terrific racket.
2. A message received and printed by a teleprinter.
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society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > [noun] > telegraphic message > types of
telotype1850
cablegram1868
cable-message1877
phonogram1880
cable1883
ticking1888
aerogram1890
T.T.1893
petit bleu1898
Marconigram1902
radio-telegram1902
radiogram1903
wireless1903
news flash1904
teleflash1904
lettergram1908
day letter1910
night letter telegram1910
night telegraph letter1912
radio1915
printergram1932
teletype1933
greeting telegram1937
telemessage1941
overnight telegram1955
telex1957
1933 State Calif. Dept. Educ. Bull. 15 Feb. 80 Approves all outgoing teletypes, telegrams, and long-distance telephone calls.
1966 ‘D. Shannon’ With Vengeance xiii. 184 ‘I'd sent a teletype off.’..He reached into his breast pocket and brought out two folded pages of teletype.
1978 S. Sheldon Bloodline iii. 56 The messenger..handed him an envelope. Inside was a teletype from Rhys Williams.
2013 G. Russo & H. Moses Where were you? 155 They'd received a teletype that Kennedy had been shot in Dallas.
Compounds
General attributive and objective, as teletype machine, teletype message, teletype network, teletype operator, teletype system, teletype terminal, etc.
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society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > [adjective] > types of telegraphy
syntonic1892
Marconi1896
radio-telegraphic1902
radiographic1903
teletype1916
start-stop1918
1916 U.S. Patent 1,175,685 1/1 I..have invented certain new and useful improvements in Tachytelegraph and Teletype Machines.
1933 Sun (Baltimore) 21 July 22/5 At noon..police of all districts were notified on the department's teletype system to pick up Roft.
1937 Sci. Abstr. B. 40 302 (heading) Teletype network in civil aviation.
1962 New Scientist 1 Feb. 260/1 A transistorized microwave system for transmitting verbal data and teletype messages.
1973 Physics 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.
1978 N.Y. Times 30 Mar. b20/1 (advt.) Shipping co needs expd teletype operator.
2012 P. E. Ceruzzi Computing i. 16 Jack Kerouac did not type the manuscript for his Beat novel, On the Road, on a continuous reel of Teletype paper.
Derivatives
teleˈtypic adj. rare of or relating to the use of teletypes.
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1904 Sci. Amer. 17 Sept. 193/3 The apparatus derived from the Hoffmann type, installed at Berlin by means of a special line having a central teletypic office, is an example of the first case.
1944 Mason City (Iowa) Globe-Gaz. 12 Jan. 11/5 Miss Groth, who had been a teacher in the school of Randall, attended teletypic school.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
teletypev.
/ˈtɛlᵻtʌɪp/, U.S. /ˈtɛləˌtaɪp/ Now historical.
1. transitive. To send (a message, etc.) by means of a teleprinter. Cf. teletype n. 1.
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society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > telegraph a message [verb (transitive)] > send by teleprinter or telex
teletype1904
teleprint1933
telex1959
1904 [implied in: Knowledge Feb. 18/2 The Berlin Teletyping Central Station. (at teletyping n. at Derivatives)].
1924 Pop. Sci. Monthly Aug. 46 (caption) A navy operator teletyping a radio message from the Washington station to San Diego.
1953 Flying Oct. 31 The original station then teletypes the flight plan information to the station on the opposite side of the lake.
1971 ‘D. Shannon’ Ringer viii. 130 Palliser had teletyped an inquiry up to Lompoc... That wasn't a very big town.
2007 J. Starkey Tales Pittsburgh Penguins i. 25 The story was then teletyped back to the newspaper.
2. intransitive. To communicate by means of a teleprinter; to operate a teleprinter; (also) to issue a request for something by means of a teleprinter.
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society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > telegraph [verb (intransitive)] > operate teleprinter or telex
teletype1924
telex1959
1924 Daily News 19 Dec. 5/4 We must teletype as well as teletalk.
1957 Billboard 28 Oct. 96 (advt.) Write, phone, or teletype for full details on meeting facilities.
1977 D. Anthony Stud Game xxvi. 175 Seems he has a record in Texas. We've teletyped for a full report.
2005 O. Williams Healing Heart, Healing 'hood 18 The first few weeks were pretty simple and easy. We learned to teletype, keyboard, and how to type.
Derivatives
ˈteletyped adj.
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society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > [adjective] > sent by telegraph > teleprinted or telexed
teletyped1932
teleprinted1934
telexed1960
1932 Dunkirk (N.Y.) Evening Observer 11 Mar. 3/3 State troopers late Thursday night sent out a teletyped warning that U.S. Route 20 between Fredonia and Buffalo was in very bad condition.
1971 Nature 25 June 482/3 A human telegraph operator reads the address on an incoming teletyped message, then retypes it in full to send it to its destination.
2013 D. Sinclair You can take Girl out of Chicago 60 You would be handed a yellow teletyped message in a thin envelope.
ˈteletyping n.
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society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > [noun] > telegraphing > teleprinting or teletypesetting
teletyping1904
teletypesetting1928
1904 Knowledge Feb. 18/2 The Berlin Teletyping Central Station.
1940 Illustr. London News 26 Oct. 540 (caption) Pupils learning the rudiments of teletyping under the supervision of an instructor at a Nazi air communication school.
2012 N. K. Hayles How we Think v. 146 Following the same kind of trajectory as the transition from sound receiving to Teletyping, fewer sending and receiving skills were located in humans.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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