Video vs Viewdata - What's the difference?
video | viewdata |
Television, television show, movie.
Motion picture stored on VHS or some other format.
(dated) VHS.
To record using video equipment
(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 Prestel?
* 1981 , New Scientist
* 1982 , Alan Gilchrist, Minis, Micros and Terminals for Libraries and Information Services
As nouns the difference between video and viewdata
is that video is video while viewdata is (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.video
English
Noun
(en-noun)Usage notes
* Video is used in contrast with audio, which is sound only. * The plural is the singular.See also
* (wikipedia "video")Verb
(es)See also
* ----viewdata
English
Noun
(en-noun) (wikipedia viewdata)- A viewdata system can be succinctly described as an information and message service...
- The two European systems use an "alphamosaic" method of delivering data to a viewdata terminal screen.
- A particularly important application of intelligent viewdata terminals is in telesoftware where the viewdata network is used for the distribution...