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hypertext

[ hahy-per-tekst ]

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.


hypertext

/ 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


hypertext

/ 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.


hypertext

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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of hypertext1

First recorded in 1970–75
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Example Sentences

There’s much more to a Hypertext document than there is to a “flat text” document.

Then he created an Internet version of his HyperText program, writing it in just a few hundred lines of Perl code.

Hypertext: If you want to be in charge, you can no longer look like you are from Mars.

An added table of contents provides links (in the hypertext version) to sections or pages in each of the three parts.

Hypertext replaces sequential text, and thus a universe of connections is established.

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