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PRESTEL [2 records]

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Record 1 2011-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade Names
  • Informatics
  • Stock Exchange
DEF

A television link originated by British Telecom (BT) in 1979 which is available to the public on their television sets and can give up-dated information on a large variety of topics including financial and stock exchange movements. [Klein, Gerald. Dictionary of Banking. Pitman Publishing, 1995].

Key term(s)
  • Prestel

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations commerciales
  • Informatique
  • Bourse
DEF

PrestelMC : Marque de commerce du système de vidéotex interactif mis au point par les Postes britanniques.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade Names
  • Telecommunications Transmission
  • Internet and Telematics
OBS

A Canadian display videotext system which uses a shared decoder and display generator to spread terminal costs among users. Users select information by keying specified codes into a keypad or keypunch.

OBS

Telidon uses a different data transmission and coding scheme which permits, among other features, greatly improved graphics.

OBS

Telidon™: A trademark of Department of Communications.

Key term(s)
  • videotex
  • videotext
  • Telidon

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations commerciales
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
  • Internet et télématique
OBS

[...] système de communication bidirectionnelle (technique vidéotex) permettant à l'utilisateur d'avoir accès à une panoplie de services et de données en dialoguant avec son téléviseur.

OBS

Vient de deux mots grecs (Tele et idon), qui signifient «obtenir l'information à distance».

OBS

[...] M. Doug Parkhill, directeur de la recherche au ministère fédéral des Communications [...] [est le] parrain du Télidon [...] [et] les Français et les Britanniques [...] [possèdent] leurs technologies respectives, Télétel et Prestel [...]

OBS

TélidonMC : Marque de commerce du Ministère des communications.

Key term(s)
  • vidéotex
  • Prestel
  • Télétel

Spanish

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