Look up: hypertext

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   hypertext
   [n] - machine-readable text that is not sequential but is organized so that related items of information are connected
   Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio
   
   
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   Hypertext
   System for browsing the Web through the use of links implemented in displayed pages.
   Found on http://www.tripod.lycos.co.uk/support/gl
   
   
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   Hypertext
   Any text that can be chosen by a reader and which causes another document to be retrieved and displayed.
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   Hypertext
   Text in one document that is linked electronically to text in another document or another part of the same document.
   Found on http://www.everlands.co.uk/glossary.htm
   
   
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   HyperText
   Text that provides the interface between the user and a hyperlink.
   Found on http://www.isomatic.co.uk/WBGlossary.htm
   
   
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   Hypertext
   a system enabling a reader to move between related pieces of information by clicking on linking keywords or pictures
   Found on http://www.archivemag.co.uk/
   
   
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   Hypertext
   Invented in the 1960's by Ted Nelson to describe information being linked together in a document in a series of buttons.
   Found on http://www.amigahistory.co.uk/h.html
   
   
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   Hypertext
   Any text within a document that is linked to another location. The other location could be within the same document, or a different document. Clicking hypertext with your mouse will activate the link. This glossary is made up of hypertext, containing many links.
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   Hypertext
   Electronic documents stored with cross-reference links between pages. Such documents can be written by different authors and the links between them form a network of nodes which the reader is free to navigate in their own way. The term hypertext was first coined by Theodor (Ted) Holm Nelson in 1965. His work on the never completed Xanadu project wa...
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    Hypertext
    A system for retrieving information from servers on the Internet using World Wide Web client software. Hypertext consists of key words or phrases in a WWW page that are linked electronically to other Web pages. The term was coined by pioneering engineer Ted Nelson.
    Found on http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/ict/services/
    
    
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    Hypertext
    Describes non-linear writing in which the reader follows associative or 'linked' paths through multiple text documents.
    Found on http://www2.plymouth.ac.uk/distancelearn
    
    
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    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 'h...
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    hypertext
    nonlinear manuscript displayed on a desktop composed of text pages and footnotes,marginalia and cross-references which enables the reader to follow a trail of cross-references between associated topics,much as one would with an encyclopedia Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers) • a nonsequential way of presenting information that links information in a comple...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition
    
    
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    hypertext
    noun 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
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    Hypertext
    `Hypertext` most often refers to text on a computer that will lead the user to other, related information on demand. Hypertext represents a relatively recent innovation to user interfaces, which overcomes some of the limitations of written text. Rather than remaining static like traditional text, hypertext makes possible a dynamic organization of information through links and connections (called hyperlinks). Hypertext can be designed to perform v...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypertext
    
    
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    hypertext
    the linking of related pieces of information by electronic connections in order to allow a user easy access between them. Hypertext is a feature of ... [2 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/h/91
    
    
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    Hypertext
    Generally, any text that contains links to other documents - words or phrases in the document that can be chosen by a reader and which cause another document to be retrieved and displayed.
    Found on http://www.matisse.net/files/glossary.ht
    
    
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    hypertext
    hypertext, technique for organizing computer databases or documents to facilitate the nonsequential retrieval of information. Related pieces of information are connected by preestablished or user-created links that allow a user to follow associative trails across the database. The linked data may be...
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