hypertext
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pərˌtɛkst 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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World English Dictionary
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| 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 | |
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Hypertext
is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
American Heritage
Science Dictionary
| 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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American Heritage
Cultural Dictionary
hypertext definition
The entire chain of hyperlinks that connects a series of related Web pages.
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Computing Dictionary
hypertext definition
hypertextA 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)
Example sentences
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.
Carr writes about his own inability to concentrate amid all the hypertext links, new-mail pings and blinking banner ads.
Fragments of hypertext systems are available from several vendors.
Each topic listed is a hypertext link to a list of the sub-topics under it.
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