teletype

See also: télétype

English

Etymology

tele- +‎ type, the brand name of an early make of teleprinter.

Noun

teletype (plural teletypes)

A teleprinter
A message printed by a teleprinter
An early input/output device for mainframe computers

Synonyms

Translations

teleprinter

Armenian: հեռատիպ (hy) (heṙatip)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 電傳打字機, 电传打字机 (diànchuán-dǎzìjī), 電傳 (zh), 电传 (zh) (diànchuán)
Czech: dálnopis m
French: télétype (fr) m
German: Fernschreiber (de) m

Greek: τηλέτυπο (el) n (tilétypo)
Japanese: テレタイプ (teretaipu)
Korean: 텔레타이프 (telletaipeu)
Polish: dalekopis (pl) m
Portuguese: teletipo (pt) m
Russian: телета́йп (ru) m (teletájp)

Verb

teletype (third-person singular simple present teletypes, present participle teletyping, simple past and past participle teletyped)

(intransitive) To operate a teleprinter
(transitive) To send a message via teleprinter

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.