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telecomputing

telecomputing noun: computing that utilises a large network such that distant users can communicate with each other (especially prior to the Internet).

Noun

telecomputing (uncountable)

  1. Computing that utilises a large network such that distant users can communicate with each other (especially prior to the Internet).
    • But there is a lighter side to telecomputing — multiple-player telegaming.1986, Compute

Origin of telecomputing

From tele- + computing.

Questions about telecomputing

What does telecomputing mean?
Telecomputing means computing that utilises a large network such that distant users can communicate with each other (especially prior to the Internet).
What part of speech is telecomputing?
Telecomputing is a noun.

Words near telecomputing in the dictionary

  1. telecommuters
  2. telecommutes
  3. telecommuting
  4. telecomputer
  5. telecomputers
  6. telecomputing
  7. telecoms
  8. telecon
  9. teleconf
  10. teleconference
  11. teleconferenced

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