videotexn.
/ˈvɪdɪə(ʊ)tɛks/, U.S. /ˈvɪdioʊˌtɛks/ Chiefly U.S. Now historical.
An interactive electronic information service accessed via a telephone connection using specially designed terminals or adapted television sets. Cf. videotext n. 2.
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society > communication > broadcasting > television > [noun] > teletext, etc.
Ceefax1972
oracle1973
teletext1974
viewdata1975
videotext1977
Prestel1978
videotex1978
Teletel1979
Minitel1982
1978 Computer Communications 1 ii. 122 The importance with which viewdata is now regarded internationally is indicated by the fact that, at the beginning of May, the CCITT took the unusual step of calling a special meeting to discuss standards for viewdata-type systems (videotex).
1981 Sci. Amer. Oct. e5/1 (advt.) The Prestel videotex service has been operating for two years and is the largest information retrieval network in the world.
1993 Personal Computer World Sept. 252/3 Not perhaps for the comms wirehead or videotex users, but one of the best general purpose Windows comm packages yet.
2004 Business Hist. Rev. 78 564 Archaic-sounding technologies like videotex or teletext seem as obsolete as the spinning jenny.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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