teletape

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English

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Etymology

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From tele- +‎ tape.

Noun

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teletape (plural teletapes)

  1. (historical) A message of up to 200 words transmitted by telegraph at the post office.
    Coordinate terms: telegram, telepost
    • 1860, John Alexander Anderson, A Postal Telegraph Essential to the Freedom of the American Press and the Prosperity of the American People:
      [] sending telegrams of 50 words, teleposts of 100 words, and teletapes of 200 words for 25 cents, []
    • 1962, International Railway Congress Association, Bulletin, volume 39, numbers 1-6, page 76:
      Use of electronic converters for the automatic conversion: 1. of punched cards into teletapes 2. of punched cards or teletapes into magnetic tapes []
    • 2015, Brian Garfield, Line of Succession:
      The long table was a tangle of teletapes and phones and transceivers. A situation map covered one wall. Information was being fed into the pool of typists.