Telegram
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A message sent by telegraph; a telegraphic dispatch.
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A once-popular system of telecommunications, in which the sender would contact the telegram service and speak their [message] over the [phone]. The person taking the message would then send it, via a teletype machine, to a telegram office near the receiver's [address]. The message would then be hand-delivered to the addressee. From 1851 until it discontinued the service in 2006, Western Union was the best-known telegram service in the world.
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Cloud-based messaging application that provides media exchange, data encryption, photo editing, and more. A software product by Telegram Messenger
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(especially in the past) a piece of paper with a message sent by telegraph
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