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alphaphotographics

alphaphotographics noun: a display made up of text characters combined with high-resolution photographic images (proposed as a future form of videotex).

Noun

alphaphotographics (uncountable)

  1. A display made up of text characters combined with high-resolution photographic images (proposed as a future form of videotex).
    • Photographic quality or alphaphotographics have arrived, and interaction with videodiscs and video images represent a next level. But it is a question of feasibility rather than technological breakthroughs.1987, Jerome Aumente, New electronic pathways: videotex, teletext, and online databases

Origin of alphaphotographics

From alphabetical and photographic, perhaps modelled on alphanumerics or similar.

Questions about alphaphotographics

What does alphaphotographics mean?
Alphaphotographics means a display made up of text characters combined with high-resolution photographic images (proposed as a future form of videotex).
What part of speech is alphaphotographics?
Alphaphotographics is a noun.

Words near alphaphotographics in the dictionary

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  5. alphaphotographic
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  10. alphaproteobacterial
  11. alphaproteobacterium

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