Ceefaxn.
/ˈsiːfaks/, U.S. /ˈsiˌfæks/ The proprietary name for a teletext system operated by the B.B.C. Cf. oracle n. 10.
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society > communication > broadcasting > television > [noun] > teletext, etc.
Ceefax1972
oracle1973
teletext1974
viewdata1975
videotext1977
Prestel1978
videotex1978
Teletel1979
Minitel1982
1972 Guardian 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.
1973 Trade 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 Spectator 19 July 86/3 Within a year or two..‘teletext’—the generic term for the system used by both Ceefax and Oracle—will take its place in the ordinary person's vocabulary.
1976 Times 19 May 1/8 At present experimental Teletext services are being broadcast by both the BBC and the Independent Broadcasting Authority, under the names Ceefax and Oracle respectively.
1983 Listener 16 June 38/1 Telesoftware is carried by teletext—in other words, it is part of the BBC's Ceefax service.
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