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viewdata

viewdata noun: an information retrieval service of the 1970s and 1980s permitting subscribers to access a remote database and receive requested data on a video display.

Noun

viewdata (usually uncountable, plural viewdatas)

  1. (attributive, often, 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 viewdata system can be succinctly described as an information and message service […]1981, Rex Winsbury, Viewdata in Action: A Comparative Study of Prestel

Examples of viewdata in a sentence

  • The two European systems use an "alphamosaic" method of delivering data to a viewdata terminal screen.1981, New Scientist:
  • 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:

Forms of viewdata

pluralviewdatas

Origin of viewdata

From view + data.

Questions about viewdata

What does viewdata mean?
Viewdata means an information retrieval service of the 1970s and 1980s permitting subscribers to access a remote database and receive requested data on a video display.
How do you use viewdata in a sentence?
The two European systems use an "alphamosaic" method of delivering data to a viewdata terminal screen.
What part of speech is viewdata?
Viewdata is a noun.
What is the plural of viewdata?
The plural of viewdata is viewdatas.

Words near viewdata in the dictionary

  1. viewbots
  2. viewbotted
  3. viewbotting
  4. viewcount
  5. viewcounts
  6. viewdata
  7. viewdatas
  8. viewed
  9. viewed someone's etchings
  10. viewer
  11. viewerbase

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