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Teleputer, a combination of a TV, film “cartridge” player, computer, and videophone.
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TP Term Timeline in Infinite Jest
The timeline below shows where the term TP appears in Infinite Jest. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 15
...a pamphlet to the residents. Now this whole group of people stands still, watching the TP (teleputer) in silence.
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Chapter 42
...checks his own face to see if he is wincing. Lord crashes directly into a TP. Many other players are bleeding.
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Chapter 45
...gross revenue looked… to lie along the same demand curve.” Cartridges were played on Teleputers (TPs) and featured no ads at all. Advertising agencies were overrun with panic and chaos. The...
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Chapter 62
...for storage and are now strewn with random items and litter, including a microwave and TP cartridges. James’s old editing “facilities” are also located in the tunnels. The young Eschaton players...
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Chapter 75
...of the men present was a “bland corporate guy” who was putting cartridges into a TP’s viewer.
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