viewdata

noun

1. (attributive, often, uncountable, usually)An information retrieval service of the 1970s and 1980s permitting subscribers to access a remote database and receive requested data on a video display.

   “Touch-tone teletext provides many of the services of viewdata and teletext at the low cost intended for teletext alone.”

   “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 […]”