Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An information service in which data is transmitted over television cables or telephone lines and displayed on a television or computer screen.

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  • noun Any of various early information retrieval services, such as viewdata and Teletext systems, that delivered pages of computerized text to users on request.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[video + tex(t).]

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video text

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Examples

  • The generic system name viewdata became obsolete due to depositing the brand name and was dubbed videotex – the Latin word combination for I see text.

    Archive 2008-08-18 Jak Boumans 2008

  • The generic system name viewdata became obsolete due to depositing the brand name and was dubbed videotex – the Latin word combination for I see text.

    Archive 2008-08-20 Jak Boumans 2008

  • The generic system name viewdata became obsolete due to depositing the brand name and was dubbed videotex – the Latin word combination for I see text.

    Archive 2008-08-27 Jak Boumans 2008

  • The generic system name viewdata became obsolete due to depositing the brand name and was dubbed videotex – the Latin word combination for I see text.

    Archive 2008-09-01 Jak Boumans 2008

  • (The generic system name viewdata became obsolete due to depositing the brand name and was dubbed videotex - the Latin word combination for I see text).

    Buziaulane 2008

  • The generic term videotex includes computer communications services such as teletext and viewdata.

    Poynter Online 2009

  • In 1978 videotex was shown at a consumer electronics fair Firato.

    Buziaulane Jak Boumans 2010

  • In 1978 videotex was shown at a consumer electronics fair Firato.

    Archive 2010-01-01 Jak Boumans 2010

  • In 1978 videotex was shown at a consumer electronics fair Firato.

    Buziaulane Jak Boumans 2010

  • In 1978 videotex was shown at a consumer electronics fair Firato.

    Buziaulane Jak Boumans 2010

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