minitel
/ˈmɪniˌtɛl/
minitel noun: a Minitel terminal.
Noun
minitel (plural minitels)
- A Minitel terminal
Proper noun capitalized: Minitel
Minitel
- A French videotex service utilising the telephone network, popular before and alongside the World Wide Web.
- The lesson of MINITEL is that hypermedia within Europe should be developed as a hybrid of state intervention, capitalist entrepreneurship and d.i.y. culture.1995 September, Richard Barbrook, Andy Cameron, “The Californian Ideology”, in Mute, volume 1, number 3, →ISSN, archived from the original on 19 Oct 2021
- Minitel was a computer terminal. It housed a screen, a keyboard, and a modem—but not a microprocessor. Instead of computing on its own, Minitel connected to remote services via uplink, like a 1960s mainframe or a modern Google Chromebook. Terminals were given out, for free, to every French...2017 June 16, Julien Mailand, “Minitel, the Open Network Before the Internet”, in The Atlantic
Forms of minitel
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | minitels |
| Proper noun | |
| alternative form | MINITEL |
Origin of minitel
From the trademark Minitel.
From French Minitel.
Questions about minitel
- What does minitel mean?
- Minitel means a Minitel terminal.
- What part of speech is minitel?
- Minitel can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce minitel?
- Minitel is pronounced /ˈmɪniˌtɛl/.
- What is the plural of minitel?
- The plural of minitel is minitels.
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