(UK, Ireland) A text-based information retrieval system using television sets with a suitable decoder; developed by the BBC.
(UK, Ireland) A text-based information retrieval system using television sets with a suitable decoder; developed by the BBC.
"Teletext" means: A text-based information retrieval system using television sets with a suitable decoder; developed by the BBC.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
"Teletext" means: A text-based information retrieval system using television sets with a suitable decoder; developed by the BBC.. Register: neutral, standard English, usable in most everyday contexts. Note the regional or dialect label (UK) — usage may sound odd outside that variety. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
"Teletext" means: A text-based information retrieval system using television sets with a suitable decoder; developed by the BBC.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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(computing, slang, dated) A rudimentary videoterminal.
(television, UK, Irish, Commonwealth) A recording of a television broadcast made while it is being transmitted, especially by filming the picture from a monitor screen; the process of making such a recording.
(idiomatic, chiefly, US, and, Canada) Television.
(countable) A television set that displays images in colour.
I think 4-Tel and the regional magazines weren’t up and running for weeks afterwards. Anyone relying on it for PDC teletext VHS were screwed. Yes, and editorially I think Teletext UK Ltd put the main news on to C4 whi…
“🟡 Update from The Teletext Archive BBC2 from Friday 6th May 1988 📺 More at https://tvpres.com”
“🟡 Update from The Teletext Archive Central from Sunday 6th May 1990 📺 More at https://tvpres.com”
“I think 4-Tel and the regional magazines weren’t up and running for weeks afterwards. Anyone relying on it for PDC teletext VHS were screwed. Yes, and editorially I think Teletext UK Ltd put the main news on to C4 which was unpopular. Eventually Bamber saved them :)”
“I’ve childishly been refreshing my feed and going on NewsNow to see if there’s any developments even though we’ve only had new owners 5 minutes. The modern day equivalent of going on Teletext/ Ceefax for updates. Feel like a kid again! Good times!! #swfc”
“(for full clarity, I'm not saying I was *good* at it - I have a face for radio and voice for Teletext - but I could at least read one and half listen to the other. "Blue Peter" style craft segments are my Kryptonite though.)”
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A text display device, as used by the deaf to read voice communication converted to text by a communication assistant device (CA).