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viewdata en · NOUN

Etymology

From view + data.

Meanings

1. (attributive, often, uncountable, 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 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:
   • A viewdata system can be succinctly described as an information and message service […] 1981, Rex Winsbury, Viewdata in Action: A Comparative Study of Prestel:
   • The two European systems use an "alphamosaic" method of delivering data to a viewdata terminal screen. 1981, New Scientist:

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videotex