videotext

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A form of videotex — 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

nounvideotext (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of videotex.

    Despite the industry's failures in launching videotext services (electronically disseminated news and information) for general consumers several years ago, such systems are definitely a major part of the future.

    1989, University of Maryland at College Park, Washington journalism review
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APA

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

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

Chicago

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

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