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

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Example Sentences

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hypermedia

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

Other visual sign systems transcend the limits of literacy: concrete poetry, happening, animation, performance games that lead to interactive video, hypermedia or interactive multimedia, virtual reality, and global networks.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin

Some authors began searching how using hyperlinks could expand their writing towards new directions, creating hypermedia novels and sites of hyperfiction, while mixing text, image and sound.

From The eBook is 40 (1971-2011) by Marie Lebert

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