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)