hypertext

[hahy-per-tekst] /ˈhaɪ pərˌtɛkst/
noun
1.
a method of storing data through a computer program that allows a user to create and link fields of information at will and to retrieve the data nonsequentially.
Origin
1970-75
Examples from the web for hypertext
  • Carr writes about his own inability to concentrate amid all the hypertext links, new-mail pings and blinking banner ads.
  • People who read hypertext comprehend and learn less, studies show, than those who read the same material in printed form.
  • Fragments of hypertext systems are available from several vendors.
  • Each site is connected to the others in the ring by a hypertext link so people can click to go from site to site in the ring.
  • Each topic listed is a hypertext link to a list of the sub-topics under it.
British Dictionary definitions for hypertext

hypertext

/ˈhaɪpəˌtɛkst/
noun
1.
computer software and hardware that allows users to create, store, and view text and move between related items easily and in a nonsequential way; a word or phrase can be selected to link users to another part of the same document or to a different document
Word Origin and History for hypertext
n.

1969, from hyper- + text (n.).

hypertext in Science
hypertext
  (hī'pər-těkst')   
A computer-based text retrieval system that enables a user to access particular locations or files in webpages or other electronic documents by clicking on links within specific webpages or documents.
hypertext in Culture

hypertext definition


The entire chain of hyperlinks that connects a series of related Web pages.

hypertext in Technology

hypertext
A term coined by Ted Nelson around 1965 for a collection of documents (or "nodes") containing cross-references or "links" which, with the aid of an interactive browser program, allow the reader to move easily from one document to another.
The extension of hypertext to include other media - sound, graphics, and video - has been termed "hypermedia", but is usually just called "hypertext", especially since the advent of the World-Wide Web and HTML.
(2000-09-10)