teletype
noun
tele·type
ˈte-lə-ˌtīp 
1
or less commonly Teletype
: a printing device resembling a typewriter that is used to send and receive telephonic signals
—formerly a U.S. registered trademark
called also teletypewriter
2
: a message sent by a teletype machine
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In a yearbook photo from Seattle's Lakeside School, Paul Allen [L] and Bill Gates [R] work on a teletype machine during the 1969-1970 school year.
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Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 14 Feb. 2025
Red lights started flashing and the Associated Press teletype machine came alive while a bell rang out loud and constant.
—Steve Koester, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
To make such assessments, the analysts had to screen a huge number of teletype reports coming in from the satellites, manually plotting the data on a map to discern which ones might indicate a high-priority threat from the majority that did not.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Jan. 2025
Officer Timothy Blaise was working in the command center when a message came in via teletype – a device that police departments used at the time to share information.
—Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2024
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Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 14 Feb. 2025
Red lights started flashing and the Associated Press teletype machine came alive while a bell rang out loud and constant.
—Steve Koester, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
To make such assessments, the analysts had to screen a huge number of teletype reports coming in from the satellites, manually plotting the data on a map to discern which ones might indicate a high-priority threat from the majority that did not.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Jan. 2025
Officer Timothy Blaise was working in the command center when a message came in via teletype – a device that police departments used at the time to share information.
—Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2024
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“Teletype.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teletype. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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Teletype
trademark
Tele·type
ˈtel-ə-ˌtīp
—used for a teletypewriter
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