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Teletypewriter Exchange Service
American telecommunication system
Also known as: TWX
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telegraph technology
- In telegraph: Printing telegraphs
In 1932 AT&T inaugurated the Teletypewriter Exchange Service (TWX), a switched teleprinter network. Switching was accomplished manually until it was automated after World War II. In Europe a similar service called Telex was inaugurated in the early 1930s and was partially automated in Germany before World War II. In 1962…
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telex service
- In telex
…Telegraph Company (AT&T) introduced its teletypewriter exchange service, TWX. Telex systems in the United States continued to be operated by private corporations, while in most other countries they were operated by government agencies responsible for postal, telegraph, or telephone services. In 1962 the Western Union Telegraph Company established its Telex…
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