Telesoftware

The term telesoftware was coined by W. J. G. Overington who first proposed the idea; it literally means “software at a distance” and it refers to the transmission of programs for a microprocessor or home computers via broadcast teletext. Software bytes are presented to a terminal as pairs of standard teletext characters, thus utilizing an existing and well-proven broadcasting system. Telesoftware was pioneered in the UK during the 1970s and 1980s.