telex

International telegraphic message-transfer service consisting of a network of teleprinters. Subscribers to a telex service can exchange textual communications and data directly with one another. Telex systems originated in Europe in the early 1930s and were widely used for several decades. The ability to conduct high-speed digital communication over regular telephone lines led to a decline in the use of telex, but it is still used as a data transmission service for applications in which high transmission speeds are not necessary or in areas where more modern data equipment is not available.

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• Telex, a communications network
• Teleprinter, the device used on the above network
• Telex (band), a Belgian pop group
• Telex (IME), a convention for writing Vietnamese using ASCII characters commonly found on computer keyboard layouts
• Tele-X, a Nordic communications satellite
• Telex Communications, an American manufacturer of hearing aids and audio equipment
• Telex II, a later name for the TWX teletypewriter network
• "Planet Telex", a song by rock band Radiohead
• Abbreviation Telephone exchange or telephone extension

See also

• Telix, terminal emulation software