Mechanical machines that print letters onto paper when you press keys with your fingers.
From 'type' (from Greek 'typos' meaning 'impression') and 'write' (from Old English 'writan' meaning 'to score or mark'). The machine became popular in the 1870s and the word combined these concepts to describe a device for writing with types.
Typewriters were revolutionary because they made writing faster and more legible than handwriting, but many famous authors still preferred them to computers because the mechanical clicking helped them think—some writers use them today for the same reason!
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