Teletypewriter

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  teletypewriter
       n : a character printer connected to a telegraph that operates
           like a typewriter [syn: {teleprinter}, {teletype machine},
            {telex}, {telex machine}]

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:



  teletypewriter
       
           (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)