Hypertext

= Hypertex t:      [  hahy -per-tekst ]    =

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. Source: [|www.dictionary.com] =What is HyperText= Hypertext is text which is not constrained to be linear. Hypertext is text which contains [|links] to other texts. The term was coined by [|Ted Nelson] around 1965 (see [|History] ). HyperMedia is a term used for hypertext which is not constrained to be text: it can include graphics, video and [|sound], for example. Apparently Ted Nelson was the first to use this term too. Hypertext and HyperMedia are concepts, not products. See also: Source: [] Hypertext take you to a different web page that talk about the hypertext.
 * [|A list of terms] used in hypertext litterature.
 * [|Conferences]
 * [|Commercial (and academic) products]
 * A newsgroup on hypertext, "alt.hypertext".
 * [|WorldWideWeb is a project] which uses hypertext concepts.