Was (wer) ist teletypewriters - definition
teletypewriter
![A Teletype Model 33 ASR with paper tape reader and punch, as used for early [[modem]]-based computing](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ASR-33 Teletype terminal IMG 1658.jpg?width=200 "A Teletype Model 33 ASR with paper tape reader and punch, as used for early [[modem]]-based computing")
![A [[Teletype Model 33]] ASR teleprinter, with [[punched tape]] reader and punch, usable as a [[computer terminal]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ASR-33 at CHM.agr.jpg?width=200 "A [[Teletype Model 33]] ASR teleprinter, with [[punched tape]] reader and punch, usable as a [[computer terminal]]")
![A [[Creed & Company]] Teleprinter No. 7 in 1930](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv Bild 183-2008-0516-500, Fernschreibmaschine mit Telefonanschluss.jpg?width=200 "A [[Creed & Company]] Teleprinter No. 7 in 1930")
![[[Siemens]] ''Fernschreiber 100'' teleprinter](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fernscheiber 01.jpg?width=200 "[[Siemens]] ''Fernschreiber 100'' teleprinter")
DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING MESSAGES IN WRITTEN FORM BY ELECTRICAL SIGNALS
Teletypewriter; Teletypes; Teletype Message; Teletype machine; KSR terminal; Teletyp; Teletype interface; Teletype mode; Teletypesetter; Teleletter; Tele-type; Teletype; Telephone typewriter; Teletype printer; TeleTypeSetter; Tele-typewriter
¦ noun chiefly US a teleprinter.
teletypewriter
DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING MESSAGES IN WRITTEN FORM BY ELECTRICAL SIGNALS
Teletypewriter; Teletypes; Teletype Message; Teletype machine; KSR terminal; Teletyp; Teletype interface; Teletype mode; Teletypesetter; Teleletter; Tele-type; Teletype; Telephone typewriter; Teletype printer; TeleTypeSetter; Tele-typewriter
<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)
