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TELETYPE

Specialty Definition: TELETYPE

DomainDefinition

Computing

Teletype (tty) A trademark for a hard-copy teletypewriter produced by Teletype Corporation. (2000-04-02) teletype teletypewriter. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: TELETYPE

Specialty definitions using "TELETYPE": AIRPLANE-DISPATCH CLERK, AIR-TRAFFIC-CONTROL SPECIALIST, STATION, Altair 8800, Automatic Send ReceiveBeginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Codecode clerk, CONTAINER COORDINATOR, cryptographic technician, CRYPTOGRAPHIC-MACHINE OPERATOR, cw operatorfield gauger, flight-operations-dispatch clerkgronkedIBM 1620Keyboard Send ReceiveLASER-BEAM-MACHINE OPERATOR, line editor, local echoMANAGER, TRAFFIC, meteorological techniciapipe-line gauger, PRIVATE-BRANCH-EXCHANGE SERVICE ADVISERRADIOTELEGRAPH OPERATOR, radiotelegraphist, Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal, RESERVATION CLERKsales agent, credit services, SALES AGENT, FINANCIAL-REPORT SERVICE, SATELLITE-INSTRUCTION FACILITATOR, satellite-project site monitor, shipboard terminal, SUPERVISOR, CARBON-PAPER-COATINGtank-farm gauger, teleticketing agent, Teletype Corporation, teletype-telegrapher, terminal gauger, TICKETING CLERKWEATHER OBSERVER. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: TELETYPE

DomainTitle

Books

  • Police Communications and Teletype Operator (reference)

  • Radio Teletype Monitoring: The Complete Guide (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: TELETYPE

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Inside the Clean Air Facility. The Computer Data Acquisition System. A 64K Digital Corporation computer interfaced to a teletype. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Ships' insignia adopted in about 1965. Its design features symbols representing the ship's communications mission. The Latin motto "Ubi Actio Est", translated "where the action is", is printed on a strip of teletype tape. Credit: NAVY.

Polar map of the Northern hemisphere, showing two hot line teletype machines connecting Washington, D.C. and Moscow, Russia. Credit: Library of Congress.

Columbia, South Carolina. Air Service Command. A teletype class for signal corps men at a training center. Credit: Library of Congress.

Seligman, Arizona. Teletype operator in the telegraph office of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad. The time here changes from Mountain to Pacific time. Credit: Library of Congress.

Switch lists coming in by teletype to the hump office at a Chicago and Northwestern railroad yard, Chicago, Ill. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Usage Frequency: TELETYPE

"TELETYPE" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 90.91% of the time. "TELETYPE" is used about 11 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)90.91%10111,207
Lexical Verb (infinitive)9.09%1339,140
                    Total100.00%11N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: TELETYPE

Expressions using "TELETYPE": communication line adapter for teletype teletype Corporation teletype machine. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "TELETYPE": teletype-style.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: TELETYPE

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

teletype

37

teletype gps

36

font teletype

3

open teletype wire

2

gps review teletype

2

cf gps teletype

2

map teletype

2

gps navigator teletype world

2

corporation teletype

2

teletype gps software

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: TELETYPE

Language Translations for "TELETYPE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

teleshkrues (teleprinter, ticker). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏المبرقة الكاتبة (telewriter). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

телетип (teleprinter). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

" "字机. (various references)

   

Danish

  

TTY, teletype (teleprinter, teletypewriter, teletypewriter terminal), skriveterminaludstyr (teleprinter, teletypewriter, teletypewriter terminal), skriveterminalenhed (teleprinter, teletypewriter, teletypewriter terminal), skriveterminal (teleprinter, teletypewriter, teletypewriter terminal), fjernskriver (teleprinter, teletypewriter, teletypewriter terminal). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

telextoestel (teleprinter, teletypewriter, teletypewriter terminal), telexapparaat (teleprinter, teletypewriter, teletypewriter terminal), teletypetoestel (teleprinter, teletypewriter, teletypewriter terminal), teletype (teleprinter, teletypewriter, teletypewriter terminal), verreschrijver (teleprinter, teletypewriter, teletypewriter terminal), verreschrijfmachine (teleprinter, teletypewriter, teletypewriter terminal). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

teleksi (teleprinter, teletypewriter, teletypewriter terminal, telex, telex service), M.O.T ENTEKA,Kielikone Oy,1993, kaukokirjoitin (teleprinter). (various references)

   

French

  

télétype (teleprinter, teletypewriter, teletypewriter terminal). (various references)

   

German

  

Fernschreiber (teleprinter, teleprinters, teletypes, telex-machine, telex-operator, ticker). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ΤΤΥ, τέλεξ (telex), τηλέτυπο (telewriter), τηλεκτυπωτής (teleprinter, teletypewriter, teletypewriter terminal), τηλε-εκτυπωτής (teleprinter, teletypewriter, teletypewriter terminal), τηλετυπία, τερματικό τηλε-εκτύπωσης (teleprinter, teletypewriter, teletypewriter terminal). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

telexgép (teleprinter, telex machine), telex (teleprinter, telex), távgépíró (teleprinter, to contrast). (various references)

   

Italian

  

trasmettere (air, be transmitted, broadcast, carry, communicate, convey, devolve, flash, pass, pass down, pass on, relay, relegate, send, transfer, transmit), teletype, telestampatrice (teleprinter, teletypewriter, teletypewriter terminal), telestampante (teleprinter, teletypewriter, teletypewriter terminal), telescrivente (teleprinting, teletypewriter, ticker), macchina telescrivente (teleprinter, teletypewriter, teletypewriter terminal). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

テルミット反応 (combination television and video-recorder, facsimile through television, home shopping network, tape recorder, telecast, telecine, telecommunication, teleconference, telecontrol system, teleconverter, telegenic, telegraph, telekinesis, telepathy, telephone club, telescan, telescope, teletex, teletext, Teletopia, teletypewriter, teletypewriter exchange, television, television camera, television continuity, television game, television network, television rating system, television set, television shopping, television talent, telex, tellurium, terebinthina, thermit reaction, trekking, TV, video game), 印字機 (typewriter). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

テレタイプ , い"じき (typewriter). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eletypetay

   

Portuguese

  

teleimpressora (teleprinter, teletypewriter, teletypewriter terminal), teleimpressor (teleprinter), telétipo (teleprinter), receptor impressor (teleprinter, teletypewriter, teletypewriter terminal). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

телетайп (teleprinter, teletypewriter). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

teletajp. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

teletipo (teleprinter, teletypewriter, ticker). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

телетайп (teleprinter). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

têlêtip, máy điện báo đánh chữ. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: TELETYPE

Derivations

Words beginning with "TELETYPE": teletypewriter, teletypewriters. (additional references)


Misspellings

"TELETYPE" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Selotape, Talintyre. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: TELETYPE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-e-l-p-t-t-y"

-2 letters: eyelet, pettle.

-3 letters: petty, tepee.

-4 letters: eely, epee, leet, lept, peel, pele, pelt, teel, tele, tyee, type, yelp, yett.

-5 letters: eel, eye, lee, let, ley, lye, pee, pet, ply, pye, tee, tel, tet, tye, yep, yet.

 Words containing the letters "e-e-e-l-p-t-t-y"
 

+3 letters: electrotype, temperately.

 

+4 letters: electrotyped, electrotyper, electrotypes, repetitively.

 

+5 letters: electrotypers, intemperately.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Images: Photo Album
4. Usage Frequency
5. Expressions
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Derivations
9. Anagrams
10. Bibliography


  

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