teletype

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<hardware, product> (tty) A trademark for a hard-copy teletypewriter produced by Teletype Corporation.

(2000-04-02)

<hardware> (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)