"viewdata" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1980, InfoWorld, volume 2, number 1:",
          "text": "Touch-tone teletext provides many of the services of viewdata and teletext at the low cost intended for teletext alone.",
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          "ref": "1981, Rex Winsbury, Viewdata in Action: A Comparative Study of Prestel:",
          "text": "A viewdata system can be succinctly described as an information and message service […]",
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          "text": "The two European systems use an \"alphamosaic\" method of delivering data to a viewdata terminal screen.",
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          "ref": "1982, Alan Gilchrist, Minis, Micros and Terminals for Libraries and Information Services:",
          "text": "A particularly important application of intelligent viewdata terminals is in telesoftware where the viewdata network is used for the distribution […]",
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        "An information retrieval service of the 1970s and 1980s permitting subscribers to access a remote database and receive requested data on a video display."
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        "(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."
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