teletype

noun

tele·type ˈte-lə-ˌtīp

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

: a message sent by a teletype machine

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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 The teletype machine was meant to allow secure, encrypted communications, but anyone close enough to read its electromagnetic emissions could potentially decipher its secrets. —

Andy Greenberg, Wired, 21 June 2020 In total, the message will be sent four times: twice in Morse code, twice in radio teletype. —

Cathy Alter, WIRED, 27 Aug. 2023 There’s also a teletype (TTY) or text telephone number at 1-888-720-7489 and the aforementioned USPS help desk. —

John Kennedy, Popular Science, 10 May 2023 See all Example Sentences for teletype