videotex

[ vid-ee-oh-teks ]
/ ˈvɪd i oʊˌtɛks /

noun

an electronic information transmission and retrieval technology enabling interactive communication, for such purposes as data acquisition and dissemination and electronic banking and shopping, between typically large and diverse computer databases and users of home or office display terminals connected to telephone or cable-television lines, or through use of broadcast television signals.
Also vid·e·o·text, vid·e·o-text [vid-ee-oh-tekst] /ˈvɪd i oʊˌtɛkst/.
Compare teletext, viewdata.

Origin of videotex

First recorded in 1975–80; video + tex(t)

Words nearby videotex

videoplay, videoporn, videorecorder, videotape, videotape recorder, videotex, videotext, vidette, videvdat, vidhan sabha, vidicon

British Dictionary definitions for videotext (1 of 2)

videotext
/ (ˈvɪdɪəʊˌtɛkst) /

noun

a means of providing a written or graphical representation of computerized information on a television screen

British Dictionary definitions for videotext (2 of 2)

Videotex
/ (ˈvɪdɪəʊˌtɛks) /

noun

trademark an information system that displays information from a distant computer on a television screen See also Teletext, Viewdata