English
telecomputing
From tele- + computing.
Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- ‘to turn, revolve’
Ancient Greek τῆλε ‘at a distance, far off, far away, far from’
English tele-
Today it means
noun Computing that utilises a large network such that distant users can communicate with each other (especially prior to the Internet).
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “telecomputing”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / telecomputing