viewdata

[ vyoo-dey-tuh, -dat-uh, -dah-tuh ]

noun
  1. an interactive videotex service provided over a telephone line or television cable.

Origin of viewdata

1
First recorded in 1970–75; view + data

Words Nearby viewdata

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British Dictionary definitions for Viewdata

Viewdata

/ (ˈvjuːˌdeɪtə) /


noun
  1. trademark an interactive form of Videotex that sends information from a distant computer along telephone lines, enabling shopping, booking theatre and airline tickets, and banking transactions to be conducted from the home

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