teletype

== English == === Etymology === From tele- (“far, distant, telegraph”) +‎ type (“text, typewriter”), q.v. In the United States, chiefly understood as a genericization of the Morkrum or Teletype Corporation's branded teletype machines. Doublet of telotype. === Pronunciation === (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɛlɪˌtaɪp/ === Noun === teletype (plural teletypes) (historical) A telegraph that automatically prints transmitted messages in letters rather than Morse code or other symbols, typically resembling a typewriter in appearance. (historical) A telegram produced by this device. (historical) An early input/output device for mainframe computers, resembling a typewriter. ==== Synonyms ==== (telegraph that prints messages in letters): printing telegraph, teleprinter, teletyper, teletypewriter, telecryptograph, telotype, telephone typewriter; telex (connected to a telex network) (telegram produced by such a telegraph): telegram, telotype; telex (connected to a telex network) (mainframe I/O device): TTY ==== Derived terms ==== glass teletype teletypic ==== Translations ==== === Verb === teletype (third-person singular simple present teletypes, present participle teletyping, simple past and past participle teletyped) (ambitransitive) To use a teletype. === Further reading === “teletype”, in Collins English Dictionary. “teletype”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “teletype”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.