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noun
- working at home by using a computer terminal electronically linked to one’s place of employment.
verb (used without object), tel·e·com·mut·ed, tel·e·com·mut·ing.
- to engage in telecommuting.
noun
- another name for teleworking
n.by 1975, as a hypothetical workplace set-up; verbal noun from telecommute. Said to have been coined by Jack Niles of USC. v.by 1974 (as a hypothetical experience), from tele- + commute. Related: Telecommuted. Cf. telecommuting.