hypertext
hy·per·text
noun
1.
machine-readable text that is not sequential but is organized so that related items of information are connected
- “Let me introduce the word hypertext to mean a body of written or pictorial material interconnected in such a complex way that it could not conveniently be presented or represented on paper” -Ted Nelson
Origin
From hyper- + text; coined by American information technologist, philosopher, and sociologist Ted Nelson in 1965.
Phrases
- Hypertext Markup Language
- Hypertext Transfer Protocol
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