viewdata

 [vyoo-dey-tuh, -dat-uh, -dah-tuh]  

view·da·ta

   [vyoo-dey-tuh, -dat-uh, -dah-tuh]
noun
an interactive videotex service provided over a telephone line or television cable.
Origin:
1970–75; view + data
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Viewdata (ˈvjuːˌdeɪtə)
 
—n
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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