alphaphotographics

alphaphotographics

English

Etymology

From alphabetical and photographic, perhaps modelled on alphanumerics or similar.

Noun

alphaphotographics (uncountable)

1. A display made up of text characters combined with high-resolution photographic images (proposed as a future form of videotex).
   • 1987, Jerome Aumente, New electronic pathways: videotex, teletext, and online databases

     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.

Related terms

• alphaphotographic