videotex

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noun

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

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Meanings

nounvideotex (usually uncountable, plural videotexes)

plural videotexes · alternative videotext

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

    A variety of extensions of this basic videotex terminal can be foreseen.

    1980, IEEE Computer Society, Computer
    1 more example

    In this paper, the development of a microprocessor based system for converting videotex pages to synthetic speech in real time, for the benefit of blind people, is described.

    1984, The Radio and Electronic Engineer

Origin

From video + text.

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APA

videotex. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/videotex

MLA

“videotex.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/videotex. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “videotex,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/videotex.

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