viewdata

[ vyoo-dey-tuh, -dat-uh, -dah-tuh ]
/ ˈvyuˌdeɪ tə, -ˌdæt ə, -ˌdɑ tə /

noun

an interactive videotex service provided over a telephone line or television cable.

Origin of viewdata

First recorded in 1970–75; view + data

British Dictionary definitions for viewdata

Viewdata
/ (ˈvjuːˌdeɪtə) /

noun

trademark an interactive form of Videotex that sends information from a distant computer along telephone lines, enabling shopping, booking theatre and airline tickets, and banking transactions to be conducted from the home