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TV COMPUTER SET [1 record]

Record 1 2011-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Hardware
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Television (Radioelectricity)
  • Telecommunications
CONT

[Some] communications experts foresee a time when interactive electronic communications will merge and everything from movies-on-demand and home shopping services to electronic texts and network television will be available over the same "telecomputer," or TV-computer set.

CONT

Someday even our television sets (not only telephones) may be part of cyberspace, transformed into interactive "teleputers" by so-called full-service networks like the ones several cable-TV companies (including Time Warner) are building along the old cable lines, using fiber optics and high-speed switches.

Key term(s)
  • TV-computer set
  • TV computer set
  • TV computer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel informatique
  • Internet et télématique
  • Télévision (Radioélectricité)
  • Télécommunications
CONT

L'heure du télé-ordinateur a sonné. La firme nippone Sharp commercialise depuis cette année au Japon, [...] X-1, un système combinant télévision et ordinateur dans un même boîtier. X-1 dispose d'un clavier détachable pour commander la télévision tout comme l'ordinateur. L'ensemble peut notamment être utilisé pour programmer la mise en route et la sélection des canaux à volonté.

Key term(s)
  • téléordinateur

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo físico de computadora (Hardware)
  • Internet y telemática
  • Televisión (Radioelectricidad)
  • Telecomunicaciones
CONT

Algún día lo llamarán telecomputadora o simplemente TV-PC. Como quiera que sea, las industrias de televisión y computación están trabajando intensamente en la producción de un solo aparato que combine el disfrutar de la televisión y disponer al mismo tiempo de un ordenador.

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