telecomputing

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noun

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

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Meanings

nountelecomputing (uncountable)
  1. uncountableComputing 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

From tele- + computing.

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APA

telecomputing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/telecomputing

MLA

“telecomputing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/telecomputing. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “telecomputing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/telecomputing.

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