Title :
Prestel The World´s First Public Viewdata Service
Author_Institution :
Prestel Headquarters Post Office Headquarters
fDate :
7/1/1979 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
It should be explained that the name Prestel* has been adopted by the British Post Office as the trade name for its development of viewdata. This paper describes both the conceptual and international aspects of viewdata as well as summarising specific details of the Prestel service now embarked upon in the United Kingdom.
Keywords :
Decoding; Delay; Information retrieval; Investments; Spatial databases; TV; Telephony; Teletext; Uncertainty; Videotex;
Journal_Title :
Consumer Electronics, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TCE.1979.273221
