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

hypertext

/ hī′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 .

Word History and Origins

Origin of hypertext¹

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

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

From Search Engine Land

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg