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[hahy-per-tekst] 
–noun
| 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
1970–75
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| hy·per·text (hī'pər-těkst') n. A computer-based text retrieval system that enables a user to access particular locations in webpages or other electronic documents by clicking on links within specific webpages or documents. |
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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| hypertext (hī'pər-těkst') Pronunciation Key
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. |
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hypertext 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)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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