telesoftware

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noun

The broadcasting of software for home computers via Teletext, viewdata systems, etc.

OriginEnglish software ← Middle English ware ← Old English waru →
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Meanings

nountelesoftware (uncountable)
  1. dateduncountablecomputingThe broadcasting of software for home computers via Teletext, viewdata systems, etc.

    This was the culmination of four years experimental work to examine the technical and educational viability of a telesoftware service […]

    1984, “Digest of Technical Papers”, in IEEE
    1 more example

    Of particular appeal is the telesoftware facility which gives subscribers access to hundreds of individual computer programmes and videogames […]

    1984, Timothy Hollins, Beyond Broadcasting: Into the Cable Age

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
  2. Ancient Greekτῆλε (têle)
  3. Englishtele-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  5. Proto-Germanic*samþuz /*samftuz
  6. Proto-West Germanic*samft(ī)
  7. Old Englishsōfte
  8. Middle Englishsofte
  9. Englishsoft
  10. Proto-Germanic*warō
  11. Proto-West Germanic*waru
  12. Old Englishwaru
  13. Middle Englishware
  14. Englishsoftware
  15. Englishtelesoftware

From tele- + software.

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APA

telesoftware. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/telesoftware

MLA

“telesoftware.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/telesoftware. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “telesoftware,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/telesoftware.

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