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CHARACTER-AT-A-TIME PRINTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does character-at-a-time printer mean? 

CHARACTER-AT-A-TIME PRINTER (noun)
  The noun CHARACTER-AT-A-TIME PRINTER has 1 sense:

1. a printer that prints a single character at a timeplay

  Familiarity information: CHARACTER-AT-A-TIME PRINTER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CHARACTER-AT-A-TIME PRINTER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A printer that prints a single character at a time

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

character-at-a-time printer; character printer; serial printer

Hypernyms ("character-at-a-time printer" is a kind of...):

printer; printing machine (a machine that prints)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "character-at-a-time printer"):

daisywheel printer (a printer that uses a daisy print wheel)

teleprinter; teletype machine; teletypewriter; telex; telex machine (a character printer connected to a telegraph that operates like a typewriter)

stock ticker; ticker (a character printer that automatically prints stock quotations on ticker tape)

typewriter (hand-operated character printer for printing written messages one character at a time)


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