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hypertext

noun
/ˈhaɪpəɹˌtɛkst/

Etymology

From hyper- + text; coined by American information technologist, philosopher, and sociologist Ted Nelson in 1965.

  1. derived from textus
  2. derived from textus
  3. derived from texte
  4. inherited from text
  5. prefixed as hypertext — “hyper + text”

Definitions

  1. Digital text in which the reader may navigate related information through embedded…

    Digital text in which the reader may navigate related information through embedded hyperlinks.

    • We do not read hypertext the same way we read a novel, and browsing the Web is a different experience from reading a book or newspaper.
    • Further, hypertext systems, because of their ease of construction, are very rich in text, graphics and visual illustrations.

  2. A hypertext document.

    • A hypertext system, then, is a memex-like device for creating and manipulating hypertexts, both for on-line browsing, and for reducing selected portions of such texts to . .

The neighborhood

Derived

hypertexted, Hypertext Markup Language, HTML, Hypertext Transfer Protocol, HTTP, nonhypertext

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for hypertext. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA