teleprinter
Also known as teletypewriter, TTY, text teletypewriter, teletype, teletype machine, telex machine
thumb|Teletype Corporation|Teletype teleprinters in use in England during [[World War II|alt=|250x250px]] thumb|Example of teleprinter art: a portrait of [[Dag Hammarskjöld, 1962|alt=]]
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Fernschreiber T100 Siemens.jpg
Show 2 more facts
- Commons category
- Teleprinters
- Commons gallery
- Teleprinter
via Wikidata · CC0
~39 min read
Article
25 sectionsContents
- History
- Early developments (1835–1846)
- Early teleprinters (1849–1897)
- Twentieth century developments
- Ways in which teleprinters were used
- Teleprinter operation
- Control characters
- Answer back mechanism
- Manufacturers
- Creed & Company
- Gretag
- Kleinschmidt Labs
- Morkrum
- Olivetti
- Siemens & Halske
- Teletype Corporation
- Texas Instruments
- Telex
- Teletypesetter
- Obsolescence of teleprinters
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
- Patents
thumb|Teletype Corporation|Teletype teleprinters in use in England during [[World War II|alt=|250x250px]] thumb|Example of teleprinter art: a portrait of [[Dag Hammarskjöld, 1962|alt=]]
A teleprinter (teletypewriter, teletype or TTY) is an electromechanical device used to send and receive typed messages through various communications channels, in both point-to-point and point-to-multipoint configurations.