Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ceefax

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.43 in modern English

Syllables
ceefax
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A simple information retrieval service offered by the BBC from 1974 until 2012, whereby "pages" of information are delivered sequentially to a television set and the viewer can move between them.

Etymology

Explained as a phonetic rendition of see facts. An earlier electromechanical system was called BEEBFAX: see Beeb and fax.

Frequently Paired Words

Teletext

Questions

What does ceefax mean?
A simple information retrieval service offered by the BBC from 1974 until 2012, whereby "pages" of information are delivered sequentially to a television set and the viewer can move between them.
Where does ceefax come from?
Explained as a phonetic rendition of see facts. An earlier electromechanical system was called BEEBFAX: see Beeb and fax.

How to pronounce ceefax

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