Prestel
/ˈprɛstɛl/Now historical
noun
A British videotex system, launched in 1979, in which interactive information could be received via a telephone line and viewed on a specially adapted television set.
- Prestel was sold by its operator, British Telecom, in 1994, and the system came to be replaced by Internet services.A trademark in the U.K..
Origin
1970s; earliest use found in The Times. Apparently from press + tel-, with arbitrary respelling of the first element.