Dictionary

teletape en · NOUN

Etymology

From tele- + tape.

Meanings

1. (historical) A message of up to 200 words transmitted by telegraph at the post office.
   • Use of electronic converters for the automatic conversion: 1. of punched cards into teletapes 2. of punched cards or teletapes into magnetic tapes […] 1962, International Railway Congress Association, Bulletin, volume 39, numbers 1-6, page 76:
   • […] sending telegrams of 50 words, teleposts of 100 words, and teletapes of 200 words for 25 cents, […] 1860, John Alexander Anderson, A Postal Telegraph Essential to the Freedom of the American Press and the Prosperity of the American People:
   • The long table was a tangle of teletapes and phones and transceivers. A situation map covered one wall. Information was being fed into the pool of typists. 2015, Brian Garfield, Line of Succession:

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Coordinates

telegram · telepost