Definitions for videotex
ˈvɪd i oʊˌtɛksvideo·tex

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. videotexnoun

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

2. Etymology: video text

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Videotex

   Videotex was one of the earliest implementations of an end-user information system. From the late 1970s to mid-1980s, it was used to deliver information to a user in computer-like format, typically to be displayed on a television. In a strict definition, videotex is any system that provides interactive content and displays it on a television, typically using modems to send data in both directions. A close relative is teletext, which sends data in one direction only, typically encoded in a television signal. All such systems are occasionally referred to as viewdata. Unlike the modern Internet, traditional videotex services were highly centralized. Videotex in its broader definition can be used to refer to any such service, including the Internet, bulletin board systems, online service providers, and even the arrival/departure displays at an airport. This usage is no longer common. With the exception of Minitel in France, videotex elsewhere never managed to attract any more than a very small percentage of the universal mass market once envisaged. By the end of the 1980s its use was essentially limited to a few niche applications.

The New Hacker's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. videotex

   An electronic service offering people the privilege of paying to read the weather on their television screens instead of having somebody read it to them for free while they brush their teeth. The idea bombed everywhere it wasn't government-subsidized, because by the time videotex was practical the installed base of personal computers could hook up to timesharing services and do the things for which videotex might have been worthwhile better and cheaper. Videotex planners badly overestimated both the appeal of getting information from a computer and the cost of local intelligence at the user's end. Like the gorilla arm effect, this has been a cautionary tale to hackers ever since. See also vannevar.

How to pronounce videotex?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say videotex in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of videotex in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of videotex in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Videotex
2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=videotex
3. ^ The New Hacker's Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3008/3008-h/3008-h.htm#Videotex