Telecomputer

Quick meaning: Telecomputer is a noun meaning A computer that can be controlled remotely; a telecomputing system.

Meaning

A computer that can be controlled remotely; a telecomputing system.

More Meanings

1. (dated) A proposed device combining the functions of a computer and a television, telegraph, telephone, teleporter or telecommunicator.

Example Sentences

Great talent is available to conceive and design self-education telecomputer programs: expert programmers, technicians, movie and television directors[…]

If Adler has his way, the telecomputer will become an inescapable part of the life of every American. He envisions political campaigns waged with his machines[…]

Like the rulers of radio in 1950, all the entrenched interests are declaring that the new technology of the telecomputer is unlikely to have an impact for a decade or two.

For Gilder, the new piece of furniture that will free Joe Briefcase from passive dependence on his furniture will be “the telecomputer, a personal computer adapted for video processing and connected by fiberoptic threads to other telecomputers around the world.”

Word Forms

• telecomputers

Synonyms for telecomputer

Depending on context, synonyms include teleputer.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include teleputer, computerphone, telecipher, televiewer, telesoftware, telecomputing.

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