teletypewriter

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
teletypewriter
    n 1: a character printer connected to a telegraph that operates
         like a typewriter [syn: {teletypewriter}, {teleprinter},
         {teletype machine}, {telex}, {telex machine}]
    
from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
teletypewriter
teletype

   <hardware> (Nearly always abbreviated to "teletype" or
   "{tty}") An obsolete kind of {terminal}, with a noisy
   mechanical {printer} for output, a very limited {character
   set}, and poor print quality.

   See also {bit-paired keyboard}.

   (2000-04-02)
    

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