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videotex

videotex noun: any of various early information retrieval services, such as viewdata and Teletext systems, that delivered pages of computerized text to users on request.

Noun

videotex (usually uncountable, plural videotexes)

  1. (usually) Any of various early information retrieval services, such as viewdata and Teletext systems, that delivered pages of computerized text to users on request.
    • A variety of extensions of this basic videotex terminal can be foreseen.1980, IEEE Computer Society, Computer
    • 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

Forms of videotex

pluralvideotexes
alternative formvideotext

Origin of videotex

From video + text.

Questions about videotex

What does videotex mean?
Videotex means any of various early information retrieval services, such as viewdata and Teletext systems, that delivered pages of computerized text to users on request.
What part of speech is videotex?
Videotex is a noun.
What is the plural of videotex?
The plural of videotex is videotexes.

Words near videotex in the dictionary

  1. videotelephones
  2. videotelephonic
  3. videotelephony
  4. videoterminal
  5. videoterminals
  6. videotex
  7. videotexes
  8. videotext
  9. videotheque
  10. videotheques
  11. videotherapy

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