telex
noun
- switched network of teleprinters
verb
- to send text messages electronically by telex (teleprinter exchange service)
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈtɛˌlɛks/ / /ˈtɛlɛks/ / /tɛl.ɛks/
name
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.
- Alternative letter-case form of telex in its various senses.
- A convention for encoding Vietnamese text for transmission across telex systems.
- Input method for Vietnamese text based on this convention.
noun
Etymology: From genericization of Telex Printergram and Telex, derived as a blend of tele- (“telegraph, teletype, teleprinter, etc.”) + exchange.
- A network of teletypes.
- A teletype message sent through such a network.
- A teletype device connected to such a network.
verb
Etymology: From genericization of Telex Printergram and Telex, derived as a blend of tele- (“telegraph, teletype, teleprinter, etc.”) + exchange.
- To send a message over a telex network.