teletape

English

Etymology

From tele- +‎ tape.

Noun

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.