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videotex en · NOUN

Etymology

From video + text.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) Any of various early information retrieval services, such as viewdata and Teletext systems, that delivered pages of computerized text to users on request.
   • In this paper, the development of a microprocessor based system for converting videotex pages to synthetic speech in real time, for the benefit of blind people, is described. 1984, The Radio and Electronic Engineer:
   • A variety of extensions of this basic videotex terminal can be foreseen. 1980, IEEE Computer Society, Computer:

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