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... > social science subjects > library and information science > information science > publishing > book industry > publishing industry > journalism > technology (journalism) > teletype

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teletype  

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  • A teletype (teleprinter, teletypewriter, or TTY for TeleTYpe/TeleTYpewriter) is a now obsolete electro-mechanical typewriter which can be used to communicate typed messages from point to point through a simple electrical communications channel, line or wireless. The most modern form of these devices was fully electronic and used a visual display unit with a hard copy printer. [Source: Encyclopedia of Journalism; Teletype]

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