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Teletypewriter Exchange Service [1 record]

Record 1 2001-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Transmission
  • Telecommunications Facilities
  • Teleprinters and Telex Networks
OBS

An automatic teletypewriter exchange switching service provided by The Computer Communications Group of the TransCanada Telephone System in Canada and by Western Union in the U.S.A. Customers dial calls from station to station on the TWX network, and communicate using teletypewriters rather than telephones.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
  • Installations de télécommunications
  • Téléimprimeurs et réseau télex
OBS

Service de téléscripteur à commutation automatique offert par la Western Union (aux USA) et par le Groupe des communications informatiques du Réseau Téléphonique Transcanadien (au Canada). Les abonnés font l'appel du poste par composition au cadran, puis communiquent par téléscripteur et non par téléphone.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transmisión (Telecomunicaciones)
  • Instalaciones de telecomunicaciones
  • Teleimpresoras y red télex
DEF

Sistema de comunicaciones que proporciona la transmisión en doble sentido para las comunicaciones telegráficas a través de una red telefónica conmutada.

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