Telex en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˈtɛlɛks/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈtɛˌlɛks/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Telex Printergram, a service offered beginning 15 Aug. 1932 by the British General Post Office's Central Telegraph Office, derived as a blend of tele- (“telegraph, teletype, teleprinter, etc.”) + exchange. Subsequently branded in the United States by Western Union and then similarly genericized. In reference to the Vietnamese conventions, a borrowing of Vietnamese Telex, from French télex, from the English term.
Meanings
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(alt-of) Alternative letter-case form of telex in its various senses.
alt of telex
- A convention for encoding Vietnamese text for transmission across telex systems.
- Input method for Vietnamese text based on this convention.
Coordinates
wikipedia: Central Telegraph Office · wikipedia: Western Union · wikipedia: General Post Office