Minitel

minitel English Alternative forms en MINITEL Etymology From en fr Minitel. Pronunciation en /ˈmɪniˌtɛl/ Proper noun en historical A French videotex service utilising the telephone network, popular before and alongside the World Wide Web. en 1 3 https://www.metamute.org/editorial/articles/californian-ideology w:The Californian Ideology 1995 September w:Richard Barbrook; Andy Cameron Mute (magazine) Mute 1356-7748 The lesson of MINITEL is that hypermedia within Europe should be developed as a hybrid of state intervention, capitalist entrepreneurship and d.i.y. culture. 15 October 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211019204334/https://www.metamute.org/editorial/articles/californian-ideology 19 October 2021 en 2017-06-16 Julien Mailand Minitel, the Open Network Before the Internet The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/06/minitel/530646/ Minitel was a computer terminal. It housed a screen, a keyboard, and a modem—but not a microprocessor. Instead of computing on its own, Minitel connected to remote services via uplink, like a 1960s mainframe or a modern Google Chromebook. Terminals were given out, for free, to every French telephone subscriber by the state (which also ran the phone company). https://web.archive.org/web/20260211014639/https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/06/minitel/530646/ 11 February 2026 Further reading Anagrams en eiilmnt limnite French Alternative forms fr minitel Etymology fr Médium interactif par numérisation d'information téléphonique Interactive medium for digitized information by telephone. Pronunciation fr LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-Minitel.wav <<France>> (<<Lyon>>) Proper noun m fr historical Minitel fr 2009 William Edmiston; Annie Dumenil La France contemporaine Cengage Learning 9781111781750 https://books.google.de/books?id=xTwEAAAAQBAJ&lpg=PA286&dq=%22le%20Minitel%22&pg=PA286#v=onepage&q=%22le%20Minitel%22&f=false 286 Le Minitel était le premier réseau informatique du monde, créé bien avant Internet (réseau informatique mondial). Au départ, le Minitel était destiné à remplacer l'annuaire téléphonique en papier par l'annuaire électronique, et l'on s'en servait uniquement dans les bureaux de poste. Further reading fr