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Ceefax

British  
/ ˈsiːˌfæks /

noun

  1. the BBC teletext service, switched off in October 2012

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The best way to follow scores on a Saturday was by firing up Ceefax or Teletext on your TV.

From BBC • Aug. 10, 2022

Because of the limited amount of text that a domestic TV could display, Ceefax news editors would pare a story down to its absolute essentials.

From Forbes • Jan. 26, 2015

Another big change - one that has come and gone - was the advent of Ceefax, effectively the first rolling news.

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2014

The technology it used, videotex, was nothing new - Britain already had Ceefax, the U.S.

From Reuters • Jun. 29, 2012

To see an example of this in action, take a look at this article and then this Ceefax page.

From The Guardian • Oct. 5, 2010

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