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Teleputer vs Telecomputer - What's the difference?

teleputer | telecomputer | Synonyms |

Teleputer is a synonym of telecomputer.


As nouns the difference between teleputer and telecomputer

is that teleputer is telecomputer while telecomputer is (dated) a proposed device combining the functions of computer and television.

teleputer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • telecomputer
  • * 1999 , Christopher Harper, And That's the Way It Will Be (page 195)
    • The new system will be the telecomputer, or "teleputer," a personal computer adapted for video processing and connected by fiber-optic threads to other teleputers all around the world.
  • * 2000 , Marianne Williamson, Imagine: What America Could be in the 21st Century (page 90)
    • Some of the children are painting a mural of undersea life, and others are working at their teleputers , researching and producing multimedia reports on various marine topics.

    telecomputer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dated) A proposed device combining the functions of computer and television.
  • * 1980 , Texas Monthly (volume 8, number 1, January 1980, page 64)
    • If Adler has his way, the telecomputer will become an inescapable part of the life of every American. He envisions political campaigns waged with his machines
  • * 1990 , George F. Gilder, Life after television
    • the new technology of the telecomputer is unlikely to have an impact for a decade or two.
  • * 1999 , Melville Campbell Branch, The planning imperative and human behavior
    • Great talent is available to conceive and design self-education telecomputer programs: expert programmers, technicians, movie and television directors

    Synonyms

    * teleputer