Pronounced twix. A high-speed telex service that AT&T introduced in 1930.TWX ran at the blazing speed of 75 bps, and later 150 bps. See also AT&T, bps, and telex.
See TWX in Computer
(TeletypeWriter eXchange Service) A U.S. and Canadian dial-up communications service that became part of Telex. In 1971, the Bell System sold TWX to Western Union. TWX transmitted 5-bit Murray code or 7-bit ASCII code at up to 150 bps. See Telex.
