teletext

[ tel-i-tekst ]
/ ˈtɛl ɪˌtɛkst /

noun Television.

a system that allows viewers having television sets with special decoders to receive signals that display printed information as well as graphics on their screens.
Compare videotex.

Origin of teletext

British Dictionary definitions for teletext (1 of 2)

teletext
/ (ˈtɛlɪˌtɛkst) /

noun

a form of Videotex in which information is broadcast by a television station and received on an adapted television set

British Dictionary definitions for teletext (2 of 2)

Teletext
/ (ˈtɛlɪˌtɛkst) /

noun

trademark (in Britain, formerly) the ITV teletext service See Ceefax