viewdata
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[edit ]Noun
[edit ]viewdata (usually uncountable , plural viewdatas )
- (often attributive ) An information retrieval service of the 1970s and 1980s permitting subscribers to access a remote database and receive requested data on a video display.
- 1980, InfoWorld, volume 2, number 1:
- Touch-tone teletext provides many of the services of viewdata and teletext at the low cost intended for teletext alone.
- 1981, Rex Winsbury, Viewdata in Action: A Comparative Study of Prestel:
- A viewdata system can be succinctly described as an information and message service [...]
- 1981, New Scientist:
- The two European systems use an "alphamosaic" method of delivering data to a viewdata terminal screen.
- 1982, Alan Gilchrist, Minis, Micros and Terminals for Libraries and Information Services:
- A particularly important application of intelligent viewdata terminals is in telesoftware where the viewdata network is used for the distribution [...]
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