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teletext
teletext A system for one-way broadcast transmission of information, primarily in text form but with primitive graphics capability, using spare television channel capacity and adapted domestic TV receivers. On a channel offering teletext, a number of “pages” of information (up to about 100) are transmitted in a continuous cycle, concurrently with the normal TV signal and leaving it unaffected while the receiver is used for normal viewing. Having selected teletext mode on the control pad, it is then possible to select any page number; when the selected page next arrives in the transmission cycle, it is stored in local memory in the set and displayed indefinitely (until the user selects another page or exits from teletext mode). Compare videotex.
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JOHN DAINTITH. "teletext." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN DAINTITH. "teletext." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-teletext.html JOHN DAINTITH. "teletext." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-teletext.html |
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teletext An information service in which pages of text are transmitted to the home or office for display on a television set. The information is given under various headings, with a menu call-up system, and includes latest stock exchange prices. The two systems originally developed in the UK were Ceefax, provided by the BBC, and Oracle, provided by the IBA. Oracle was replaced by a new system provided by Teletext Ltd in 1992 and Ceefax was phased out in favour of a digital text service from 2001. See also viewdata.
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"teletext." A Dictionary of Business and Management. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "teletext." A Dictionary of Business and Management. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O18-teletext.html "teletext." A Dictionary of Business and Management. 2006. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O18-teletext.html |
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teletext System for transmitting text so that it can be displayed on television receivers. Television companies transmit the text in coded form along with the sound and vision signals. Sets are equipped to receive teletext separately and decode the text signals so that they can be displayed on the screen.
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"teletext." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "teletext." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-teletext.html "teletext." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-teletext.html |
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tel·e·text / ˈteləˌtekst/ • n. a news and information service in the form of text and graphics, transmitted using the spare capacity of existing television channels to televisions with appropriate receivers. |
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"teletext." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "teletext." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-teletext.html "teletext." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-teletext.html |
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teletext see videotex . |
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"teletext." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "teletext." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-teletext.html "teletext." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-teletext.html |
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teletext
•Bakst, unrelaxed
•next, oversexed, sext, text, undersexed
•teletext • context • subtext
•hypertext
•betwixt, unmixed
•suffix
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"teletext." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "teletext." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-teletext.html "teletext." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-teletext.html |
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