viewdata
nounEtymology From view + data.
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Often, Usually An information retrieval service of the 1970s and 1980s permitting subscribers to access a remote database and receive requested data on a video display.
- Touch-tone teletext provides many of the services of viewdata and teletext at the low cost intended for teletext alone.1980, InfoWorld, volume 2, number 1:
- A viewdata system can be succinctly described as an information and message service […]1981, Rex Winsbury, Viewdata in Action: A Comparative Study of Prestel:
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- The two European systems use an "alphamosaic" method of delivering data to a viewdata terminal screen.1981, New Scientist:
- A particularly important application of intelligent viewdata terminals is in telesoftware where the viewdata network is used for the distribution […]1982, Alan Gilchrist, Minis, Micros and Terminals for Libraries and Information Services:
- Related terms
- videotex