viewdata
An information retrieval service of the 1970s and 1980s permitting subscribers to access a remote database and receive requested data on a video display.
Noun
- An information retrieval service of the 1970s and 1980s permitting subscribers to access a remote database and receive requested data on a video display.
- Touch-tone teletext provides many of the services of viewdata and teletext at the low cost intended for teletext alone. - 1980, InfoWorld, volume 2, number 1:
- A viewdata system can be succinctly described as an information and message service […] - 1981, Rex Winsbury, Viewdata in Action: A Comparative Study of Prestel:
- The two European systems use an "alphamosaic" method of delivering data to a viewdata terminal screen. - 1981, New Scientist:
Origin
From view + data.