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teletype

[tel-i-tahyp] / ˈtɛl ɪˌtaɪp /




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“All the President’s Men” underscores that sentiment with its matter-of-fact final shot, watching a teletype machine writing out years of front-page headlines leading to Nixon’s resignation.

From Salon • Mar. 7, 2026

He first got access to an early mainframe computer via a teletype machine at the school, after the mothers held a jumble sale to raise the money.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2025

Meg was also on the board of an organization supporting deaf children, which inspired her to give Glover’s character a deaf daughter who communicates with him using a teletype machine.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2021

She said seeing the old teletype gave her chills.

From Seattle Times • May 19, 2019

A Communications Corporation offered to teach girls teletype machine operating and to pay them twelve-fifty a week while they were learning.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith




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