Definition of videotex in English:
videotex
(also videotext)
noun ˈvɪdɪə(ʊ)tɛksˈvɪdioʊˌtɛks
mass nounAn electronic information system such as teletext or viewdata.
视传系统，可视图文
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘The French videotex system Minitel: A successful implementation of a national information echnology infrastructure,’ MIS Quarterly, volume 18, number 1, pp. 1-20.
- It was going to change the way we watch television, usher in a new era of videotext, online games, pay-per-view and interactive TV.
- Interactive electronic text in the United States: Can videotext ever go home again?
- Digitizing the News begins with a description of the historical efforts of newspapers to explore electronic delivery with such technologies as teletext, videotex, fax, and telephone news services.
- U.S. videotex systems promised news and information that was more timely, more thorough and more personal than printed newspapers, writes Roger Fidler, a pioneer in electronic publishing.
Origin
1970s: from video + text.
Definition of videotex in US English:
videotex
(also videotext)
nounˈvidēōˌteksˈvɪdioʊˌtɛks
An electronic information system such as teletext or viewdata.
视传系统，可视图文
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘The French videotex system Minitel: A successful implementation of a national information echnology infrastructure,’ MIS Quarterly, volume 18, number 1, pp. 1-20.
- It was going to change the way we watch television, usher in a new era of videotext, online games, pay-per-view and interactive TV.
- Digitizing the News begins with a description of the historical efforts of newspapers to explore electronic delivery with such technologies as teletext, videotex, fax, and telephone news services.
- Interactive electronic text in the United States: Can videotext ever go home again?
- U.S. videotex systems promised news and information that was more timely, more thorough and more personal than printed newspapers, writes Roger Fidler, a pioneer in electronic publishing.
Origin
1970s: from video + text.