hypertext

American  

[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.

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hypertext British  

/ 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

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hypertext Scientific  

/ hī′pər-tĕkst′ /

1. 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 Cultural  

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

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Etymology

Origin of hypertext

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

The code includes the first web browser and early versions of methods computers still use to talk with each other, including the Hypertext Transfer Protocol, known as HTTP, and HyperText Markup Language, known as HTML.

From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2021

Hypertext flourished in the mid- to late nineties the Internet’s quixotic teen-hood.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 24, 2018

Hypertext actually has been around a long time.

From Salon • Oct. 29, 2012

Hypertext, embedded video, and other undreamt-of technologies will give rise to new poetic, rhetorical, and narrative possibilities.

From Slate • May 8, 2012

Hypertext help screens are an example, in which a hot spot exists in the vicinity of any word for which additional material is available.

From The Jargon File, Version 2.9.10, 01 Jul 1992 by Raymond, Eric S.