Telegaming

Quick meaning: Telegaming is a noun meaning The playing of games by two or more distant participants, especially using telecommunications, such as telephony, that predate the Internet.

Meaning

The playing of games by two or more distant participants, especially using telecommunications, such as telephony, that predate the Internet.

Example Sentences

But there is a lighter side to telecomputing — multiple-player telegaming.

Multiplayer telegaming, game playing with other people over telephone lines, overcomes this obstacle.

A twelve-year-old in Georgia? A grandmother in Walla Walla? But that's interactive telegaming, and I think it's a wave of the future.

Telegaming has been around for a long time. For centuries, people have played long distance chess and backgammon games by messenger and, more recently, by mail or phone.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include telegambling, telecomputing, telebetting, cybergaming, telemeeting, telemessaging.

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