telex

Definitions

Electronics

  • An obsolescent communications service using devices such as teletypewriters to exchange messages using telephone lines.
  • A device utilized to send or receive messages via telex (1). Also called telex terminal.
  • A message sent or received via telex (1).

Information & Library Science

  • noun a system of sending international messages using telephone lines, where the text is typed on one machine and immediately printed out at the receiving end

Media Studies

  • noun a communications system using teleprinters that communicate via telephone lines
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