Viewdata

Origin

view + data

Full definition of viewdata

Noun

1. (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.
• 1981, Rex Winsbury, Viewdata in Action: A Comparative Study of Prestel‎A viewdata system can be succinctly described as an information and message service...
• 1981, New ScientistThe two European systems use an "alphamosaic" method of delivering data to a viewdata terminal screen.
• 1982, Alan Gilchrist, Minis, Micros and Terminals for Libraries and Information ServicesA particularly important application of intelligent viewdata terminals is in telesoftware where the viewdata network is used for the distribution...