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Word: teletypist (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Linked by radio to the computer, police in one prowl car simply call off a sampling of passing license numbers. As a teletypist feeds the numbers into the computer, it compares them with the stored list. When it "hits" a wanted number, a bell rings, the number is automatically typed out, and the teletypist radios ahead to a second prowl car parked some 900 ft. down the road. The whole thing takes about 7 sec.-ample time for the second car to swoop on the prey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Traffic: The Computer & Mrs. Placente | 9/3/1965 | See Source »

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