hypermedia

American  

[hahy-per-mee-dee-uh] / ˈhaɪ pərˌmi di ə /

noun

1. (usually used with a singular verb) a system in which various forms of information, as data, text, graphics, video, and audio, are linked together by a hypertext program.

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hypermedia British  

/ ˈhaɪpəˌmiːdɪə /

noun

1. computer software and hardware that allows users to interact with text, graphics, sound, and video, each of which can be accessed from within any of the others Compare hypertext

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Etymology

Origin of hypermedia

First recorded in 1985–90

Example Sentences

Products of an age of hypermedia and extreme spectacle, both are characters and symbols more than they are people.

From Salon • Jul. 27, 2025

Some of these women’s projects look like dead-end paths in retrospect; Hall’s hypermedia system Microcosm, for instance, was steamrolled by the web.

From The Verge • Mar. 5, 2018

He noted that in principle, these resources could be text, graphics, video, anything--a "hypermedia" system--and that eventually the system could go global.

From Time Magazine Archive

I personally dream about a big flat screen on one of my walls, where I could display my friends' interactive PDFs and hypermedia stories, when I won't be on a budget anymore.

From A Short History of EBooks by Lebert, Marie

The journal publishes papers on topics such as digital libraries, document delivery systems, electronic publishing, expert systems, hypermedia and multimedia systems, locally mounted databases, network-based information resources and tools, and on-line catalogs.

From From the Print Media to the Internet by Lebert, Marie