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[syn: teletypewriter, teleprinter, teletype machine, telex, telex machine]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
teletypewriter
n 1: a character printer connected to a telegraph that operates
like a typewriter [syn: teletypewriter, teleprinter,
teletype machine, telex, telex machine]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
teletypewriter
teletype
(Nearly always abbreviated to "teletype" or
"tty") An obsolete kind of terminal, with a noisy
mechanical printer for output, a very limited character
set, and poor print quality.
See also bit-paired keyboard.
(2000-04-02)