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Ceefax

Ceefax proper noun: a simple information retrieval service offered by the BBC from 1974 until 2012, whereby "pages" of information are delivered sequentially to a television set and the viewer can move between them.

Proper noun

Ceefax

  1. A simple information retrieval service offered by the BBC from 1974 until 2012, whereby "pages" of information are delivered sequentially to a television set and the viewer can move between them.

Origin of Ceefax

Explained as a phonetic rendition of see facts. An earlier electromechanical system was called BEEBFAX: see Beeb and fax.

Questions about Ceefax

What does Ceefax mean?
Ceefax means a simple information retrieval service offered by the BBC from 1974 until 2012, whereby "pages" of information are delivered sequentially to a television set and the viewer can move between them.
What part of speech is Ceefax?
Ceefax is a proper noun.

Words near Ceefax in the dictionary

  1. CEEB
  2. ceebs
  3. CEEC
  4. CeeCee
  5. CEECs
  6. Ceefax
  7. Ceener
  8. Ceeners
  9. cees
  10. Ceesay
  11. Ceesays

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