Teleprinter (teletype)
Teletipo (teleimpresor)
- Date
- 1902–1910 · confidence medium
- Place
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Credited to
- Charles Krum and Howard Krum (Morkrum, Chicago, 1910); Donald Murray (code and keyboard, 1901); Émile Baudot (5-bit code, 1874)
- People
- 👤 Charles Krum👤 Donald Murray1865–1945👤 Émile Baudot1845–1903
- Field
- Communication
What it is
Typewriter connected to a telegraph line that prints at the remote end without a Morse operator. It turned the telegraph into instant written mail.
What it led to
- News agencies and connected newsrooms
- Telex and worldwide business communication
- Input/output terminal of early computers
Built on
Made possible
- Telex network1933
- Colossus computer1943–1944
- Computer terminal
- ASCII code