[tel-i-tahyp-rahy-ter, tel-i-tahyp-] 
| a telegraphic apparatus by which signals are sent by striking the letters and symbols of the keyboard of an instrument resembling a typewriter and are received by a similar instrument that automatically prints them in type corresponding to the keys struck. Abbreviation: TTY |
| tel·e·type·writ·er (těl'ĭ-tīp'rī'tər) n. Abbr. TTY or TT An electromechanical typewriter that either transmits or receives messages coded in electrical signals carried by telegraph or telephone wires. |
teletypewriter hardware
(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.
(2000-04-02)
ɪˈtaɪpˌraɪ