telecommuting

noun

1. 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.

1. to engage in telecommuting.

noun

1. 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.