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Telecommunications vs Telegaming - What's the difference?

telecommunications | telegaming |

As nouns the difference between telecommunications and telegaming

is that telecommunications is telecommunications while telegaming is the playing of games by two or more distant participants, especially using telecommunications, such as telephony, that predate the internet.

telecommunications

English

Noun

(wikipedia telecommunications) (-)
  • the science and technology of communication at a distance, especially the electronic transmission of signals; telecommunication
  • the systems used in transmitting such signals
  • English plurals

    • Synonyms

    * telecom, telecoms

    Derived terms

    * telecommunications tower

    See also

    * transmitter, receiver * radio, telegraphy, telephony * cell phone, mobile phone, mobile telephone

    References

    telegaming

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The playing of games by two or more distant participants, especially using telecommunications, such as telephony, that predate the Internet.
  • * 1984 , Stewart Brand, Whole Earth Software Catalog
    • A twelve-year-old in Georgia? A grandmother in Walla Walla? But that's interactive telegaming , and I think it's a wave of the future.
  • * 1985 , Jonathan Erickson, William D Cramer, MacTelecommunications
    • Multiplayer telegaming , game playing with other people over telephone lines, overcomes this obstacle.
  • * 1986 , Compute magazine
    • But there is a lighter side to telecomputing — multiple-player telegaming .
  • * 1999 , Julie K Petersen, Data and telecommunications dictionary
    • Telegaming has been around for a long time. For centuries, people have played long distance chess and backgammon games by messenger and, more recently, by mail or phone.