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videotex

videotex

1 8.9
Made for systems that send text and simple pictures to television screens
  • adjective
  • /ˈvaɪdiˌtɛks/
  • Archaic
: videotex
  • Early videotex terminals allowed users to access banking information from home.

Examples

  • A videotex service was introduced to provide travel schedules on television screens.

  • The company developed a videotex platform to deliver news and weather updates to subscribers.

  • The videotex service was revolutionary in the early 1980s.

  • Many users appreciated the videotex format for its simplicity.

  • The company developed a videotex system that enabled viewers to interact with on-screen information.

  • Early videotex services transformed how people accessed information from their televisions.

  • A videotex application allowed users to view news updates directly on their TV screens.

Surface Forms

videotex positive

Morphology

videotex = video + text (transparent) = video + text

Adjectival use simply denotes 'relating to videotex', preserving the compound's transparent meaning.

Etymology

Videotex comes from video ('moving pictures') and text ('written words'), so as an adjective it describes things made for those TV text systems. That's why a videotex platform or service was designed to show text and simple pictures on a television screen.