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teletypewriter

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teletypewriter: see typewriter typewriter, instrument for producing by manual operation characters similar to those of printing. Corresponding to each key on the instrument's keyboard is a steel type.
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teletypewriter

A low-speed teleprinter, often abbreviated "TTY."

teletypewriter [¦tel·ə′tīp‚rīd·ər]
(communications)
A special electric typewriter that produces coded electric signals corresponding to manually typed characters, and automatically types messages when fed with similarly coded signals produced by another machine. Also known as TWX machine.
(hardware)teletypewriter - (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.


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Communications services subject to the tax are local telephone service, toll telephone service or teletypewriter exchange service; see Sec.
Government ends long-distance phone excise tax dispute by Sylvia, Sharlene M. / The Tax Adviser
For example, does the facility include phones with teletypewriter (TTY) technology for the hearing impaired?
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The definitions of local telephone service (previously general telephone service), toll telephone service, and teletypewriter exchange service have been updated and modified to make it clear that it is the service as such which is being taxed and not merely the equipment being supplied.
The growing controversy over federal excise tax on long-distance calls by Sykes, Thomas D. / Tax Executive
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