ALL meanings of hypertext
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H h - noun Technical meaning of hypertext (hypertext) A 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 web and HTML. 1
- noun hypertext system using hyperlinks 1
- noun hypertext A software system that links topics on the screen to related information and graphics, which are typically accessed by a point-and-click method. 1
- noun hypertext 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. 1
- noun hypertext (Uncountable Noun) Digital text in which the reader may navigate related information through embedded hyperlinks. 0
- noun hypertext (Countable Noun) A hypertext document. 0
- uncountable noun hypertext In computing, hypertext is a way of connecting pieces of text so that you can go quickly and directly from one to another. 0
- noun hypertext 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 0
- noun hypertext information stored in a computer and specially organized so that related items, as in separate documents, are linked together and can be readily accessed 0