Telecomputer

Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. (dated) A proposed device combining the functions of a computer and a television, telegraph, telephone, teleporter or telecommunicator.
2. A computer that can be controlled remotely; a telecomputing system.

Example Sentences

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.”

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

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