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Ceefax|ˈsiːfæks| [Repr. pronunc. of seeing + facsimile.] The proprietary name for a teletext system operated by the B.B.C. Cf. oracle n.1 10.
1972Guardian 24 Oct. 24/3 BBC engineers have invented a system which would give television viewers thirty television ‘pages’ of news at the push of a button. The system [is] patented under the name of Ceefax. 1973Trade Marks Jrnl. 13 June 1139/1 Ceefax... Telecommunications apparatus for use with television transmitters and receivers and for the transmission and display of data. The British Broadcasting Corporation. 1975,1976[see oracle n.1 10]. 1983Listener 16 June 38/1 Telesoftware is carried by teletext—in other words, it is part of the BBC's Ceefax service. |