viewdata

[ vyoo-dey-tuh, -dat-uh, -dah-tuh ]

noun

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

Viewdata

/ ˈvjuːˌdeɪtə /

noun

1. 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of viewdata¹

First recorded in 1970–75; view + data