teletypewriter

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T0093000 (tĕl′ĭ-tīp′rī′tər)n. An electromechanical typewriter that either transmits or receives messages coded in electrical signals carried by telegraph or telephone wires.

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(ˌtɛlɪˈtaɪpˌraɪtə; ˈtɛlɪˌtaɪp-) n (Telecommunications) a US name for teleprinter

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(ˌtɛl ɪˈtaɪpˌraɪ tər, ˈtɛl ɪˌtaɪp-)

n. a telegraphic apparatus by which signals are sent by striking the keys of a typewriterlike instrument and received and reproduced by a similar instrument. [1900–05]

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Noun

teletypewriter - a character printer connected to a telegraph that operates like a typewriterteleprinter, teletype machine, telex, telex machinecharacter printer, character-at-a-time printer, serial printer - a printer that prints a single character at a time

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teletypewriter:

see typewritertypewriter,
instrument for producing by manual operation characters similar to those of printing. Corresponding to each key on the instrument's keyboard is a steel type.
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Teletypewriter

a transceiving start-stop printing device with a keyboard similar to that of a typewriter. Teletypewriters are used for long-distance transmission of messages over communications channels in the form of telegrams and coded messages. They are also used as input-output devices, or terminals, for electronic computers and automated data processing systems. In the receiving mode, the messages are automatically printed on the roll of paper in the receiver.

teletypewriter

[¦tel·ə′tīp‚rīd·ər] (communications) A special electric typewriter that produces coded electric signals corresponding to manually typed characters, and automatically types messages when fed with similarly coded signals produced by another machine. Also known as TWX machine.

teletypewriter

(hardware)(Nearly always abbreviated to "teletype" or"tty") An obsolete kind of terminal, with a noisymechanical printer for output, a very limited character set, and poor print quality.

See also bit-paired keyboard.

teletypewriter

A low-speed teleprinter, often abbreviated "TTY."

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noun a character printer connected to a telegraph that operates like a typewriter

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