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BROADCAST VIDEOTEX [2 records]

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Record 1 2001-10-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Office Automation
DEF

A technology that uses TV broadcasting signals for telecommunications purposes. ... A teletext system transmits a variety of text and graphics messages such as airline schedules, supermarket sales, stock market information, weather reports, and other types of information to an ordinary television receiver.

OBS

Videotex is the generic term for systems which retrieve and display text information on modified television: viewdata ... is one method. An alternative method is teletext ... in which pages are broadcast on otherwise unused television lines. Since teletext is a one-way system, with limited capacity for information and relatively long retrieval times, it is less suitable for computer-assisted learning.

OBS

teletext; broadcast videography: terms standardized by CSA.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
  • Bureautique
DEF

Vidéographie dans laquelle des messages sont systématiquement diffusés par un réseau de télévision, et qui permet à l'usager d'effectuer un choix parmi ces messages.

OBS

télétexte; vidéographie diffusée : termes normalisés par la CSA.

Key term(s)
  • vidéotex de diffusion

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Internet y telemática
  • Ofimática
DEF

Sistema de recuperación de información en que los datos, por ejemplo, las noticias, citas de valores del mercado o pronóstico del tiempo, pueden transmitirse desde un banco de datos a distancia, ser sobrepuestos en una señal de televisión y ser vistos en los hogares.

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Record 2 1987-04-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Telecommunications Transmission
OBS

Official term of the International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee (CCITT) for teletext (Lagrenade, Marcel, Teletext Glossary, CBC).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Internet et télématique
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
OBS

Terme officiel du comité consultatif international télégraphique et téléphonique (CCITT) pour désigner le télétexte (Lagrenade, Marcel, Lexique télétexte, Société Radio-Canada).

Spanish

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