Alphaphotographics
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A display made up of text characters combined with high-resolution photographic images (proposed as a future form of videotex). uncountable
"Photographic quality or alphaphotographics have arrived, and interaction with videodiscs and video images represent a next level. But it is a question of feasibility rather than technological breakthroughs."
Example
More examples"Photographic quality or alphaphotographics have arrived, and interaction with videodiscs and video images represent a next level. But it is a question of feasibility rather than technological breakthroughs."
Etymology
From alphabetical and photographic, perhaps modelled on alphanumerics or similar.
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