teletypewriter

2 definitions found

teletypewriter - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  teletypewriter
      n 1: a character printer connected to a telegraph that operates
           like a typewriter [syn: teletypewriter, teleprinter,
           teletype machine, telex, telex machine]

teletypewriter - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  teletypewriter
  teletype
  
     <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)