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名詞

viewdata (usually uncountable, 複数形 viewdatas)

1. (often attributive) An information retrieval service of the 1970s and 1980s permitting subscribers to access a remote database and receive requested data on a video display.
   • 1980, InfoWorld (volume 2, number 1)

     Touch-tone teletext provides many of the services of viewdata and teletext at the low cost intended for teletext alone.

   • 1981, Rex Winsbury, Viewdata in Action: A Comparative Study of Prestel‎:

     A viewdata system can be succinctly described as an information and message service […]

   • 1981, New Scientist

     The two European systems use an "alphamosaic" method of delivering data to a viewdata terminal screen.

   • 1982, Alan Gilchrist, Minis, Micros and Terminals for Libraries and Information Services:

     A particularly important application of intelligent viewdata terminals is in telesoftware where the viewdata network is used for the distribution […]

参考

• videotex