telex

n.

1. A communications system consisting of teletypewriters connected to a telephonic network to send and receive signals.
2. A message sent or received by such a system.

tr.v., -exed, -ex·ing, -ex·es.
To send (a message) by telex.

[TEL(ETYPEWRITER) + EX(CHANGE).]

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(1) (TELetypewriter EXchange) An international, dial-up data communications service administered in the U.S. by AT&T, MCI and other providers. Developed in the U.S. and other European countries in the 1930s, it was the first data communications service that used typewriter-like terminals (teletypewriters). Prior to Telex, telegrams and cablegrams were the primary method for delivering a text message. By the 1960s, Telex became a worldwide, real-time, data communications service. Although diminishing each year, Telex is still used for commerce in more than 200 countries.

Telex started out transmitting Baudot code at 50 bps. Although upgraded, it is still a low-speed data service. It was originally administered worldwide by various carriers and the local PTTs. Western Union handled the U.S., and in 1971, purchased and integrated the Bell System's TWX service. AT&T acquired Western Union's Telex service in 1991.

(2) (Telex Communications, Inc., Burnsville, MN, www.telex.com) A manufacturer of hearing aids and audio communications devices founded in 1936. Originally making hearing aids, the company evolved into a manufacturer of a variety of audio products, including intercoms, microphones, speakers, headsets, antennas and LCD projectors.

Early Telex Center

A far cry from today's network control centers, this Telex center in Berlin, Germany in 1933 initially communicated with another center in Hamburg. The teletypewriters and communications equipment were made by Siemens. (Image courtesy of Fujitsu Siemens Computers GmbH.)

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System of national and international telecommunication whereby messages can be sent from one typewriter to another, provided both users subscribe to the electronic service. The Fax machine has generally replaced the telex.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - telex
v. tr. - telexe

Nederlands (Dutch)
telex(dienst), telex (apparaat), telexbericht, telexen

Français (French)
n. - télex
v. tr. - télexer

Deutsch (German)
n. - Telex
v. - telexen, ein Telex schicken

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - τέλεξ (τηλετυπία, τηλετύπημα)
v. - τηλετυπώ, στέλνω με τέλεξ

Italiano (Italian)
trasmettere per telex

Português (Portuguese)
n. - sistema (m) de transmissão e recepção de mensagens telegráficas, mensagem (f) recebida ou enviada por esse sistema
v. - enviar mensagem pelo sistema "telex"

Русский (Russian)
телекс - междун. электронная система обмена письменными сообщениями, аппарат, посылающий и принимающие такие сообщения, сообщение, посланное по телексу, послать сообщение по телексу

Español (Spanish)
n. - telex
v. tr. - enviar un telex

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - telex
v. - telex(er)a

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
电报, 电传打字机, 以电传打字机打出

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 電報, 電傳打字機
v. tr. - 以電傳打字機打出

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 텔렉스, 가입 전신, 텔렉스 통신
v. tr. - 텔렉스로 송신하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - テレックス
v. - テレックスで送る, テレックス送信する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) المبرقه المباشرة, التلكس (فعل) يبرق مباشرة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮טלקס, רשת תקשורת טלגרפית בינלאומית הקולטת מסרים מודפסים בטלפרינטר‬
v. tr. - ‮העביר בטלקס‬

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