Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
TELEPRINTER
teletypewriter, teleprinter, teletype machine, telex, telex machine
(noun) a character printer connected to a telegraph that operates like a typewriter
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
teleprinter (plural teleprinters)
(dated) A combined electromechanical typewriter and printer, often with an integrated paper tape reader/printer, connected to others or to a computer via the telephone system.
Synonyms
• teletype
• teletypewriter
• TTY
Source: Wiktionary
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