Telex
//ˈtɛˌlɛks// name, noun, verb
name, noun, verb ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A network of teletypes. countable, uncountable
- 2 a character printer connected to a telegraph that operates like a typewriter wordnet
- 3 A teletype message sent through such a network. countable, uncountable
- 4 A teletype device connected to such a network. countable, uncountable
Verb
- 1 To send a message over a telex network. transitive
- 2 communicate by telex wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 Alternative letter-case form of telex in its various senses. alt-of
- 2 A convention for encoding Vietnamese text for transmission across telex systems.
- 3 Input method for Vietnamese text based on this convention.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From genericization of Telex Printergram and Telex, derived as a blend of tele- (“telegraph, teletype, teleprinter, etc.”) + exchange.
Etymology 2
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.
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