teletype
Speech parts
1. teletype - Noun
2. teletype - Verb
Meaning
(historical) A telegraph that automatically prints transmited messages in letters rather than Morse code or other symbols, typically resembling a typewriter in appearance.
(historical) The telegrams produced by this device.
(historical) An early input/output device for mainframe computers.
teletype (third-person singular simple present teletypes, present participle teletyping, simple past and past participle teletyped)
(transitive, intransitive) To use a teletype.
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1969–present: Command-line user interface Teletype Model 33 ASR Command-line interfaces (CLIs) evolved from batch monitors connected to the system console.
A teleprinter (teletypewriter, Teletype or TTY) is an electromechanical typewriter that can be used to send and receive typed messages from point to point and point-to-multipoint over various types of communications channels.
A Teletype Model 33 ASR with paper tape reader and punch, as used for modem -based computing Paper tape was sometimes used to prepare input for the computer session off line and to capture computer output.
By the 1930s teleprinters were being produced by Teletype in the US, Creed in Britain and Siemens in Germany.
A teletype was installed to allow better communication with Los Alamos.
Despite its long-lasting trademark status, the word Teletype went into common generic usage in the news and telecommunications industries.