Acronym for TeleTYpe.
Acronymically pronounced: Titty. Used in a sentence: Glass TTYS replaced paper TTYS only to have, more recently, been replaced by plasma, LCD, LED, and OLED, and tiny, little TTYS you can hold in your hand called iPhones as well as other G4 and G5 compatible devices.
by wooper woops November 13, 2009
Shortening of Talk to you soon. Similar to ttyl except that it is refers to a shorter period of time.
by Thomas Simmons January 15, 2004
teletype, a combination keyboard, printer and modem.
Typically with a paper tape punch and reader to save long-distance costs.
Connections were typically made at 300 baud (bits per second) or 6 characters per second, the speed of a fast typist.
Typically with a paper tape punch and reader to save long-distance costs.
Connections were typically made at 300 baud (bits per second) or 6 characters per second, the speed of a fast typist.
by Reuel Titus October 17, 2003