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hypertext

hypertext

3 5.6
Text on a computer with links you click to go to other pages or parts
  • noun
  • /ˈhaɪpərˌtɛkst/
  • Texting
translation icon : hipertexto
  • The organization of the instructional content is shown in hypertext structure on the screen, appearing as a 'Table of Content'.
  • hypertext markup
  • HTML hypertext
  • hypertext links

It's a hypertext reference to this web page.

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Examples

  • The key properties of hypertext, knowledge bases, and teaching and decision aids are listed in the table.

    Academic text (1991)
  • One helpful feature of the digital portfolio, the hypertext link, simplifies the process of navigating through a large collection of material.

    Academic text (2008)
  • It's a hypertext reference to this web page.

  • The results of the search are themselves hypertext links; one click and your browser moves to that site.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Making sense of hypertext-linked materials is not intuitive and has to be taught in the electronic medium.

    Academic text (2006)
  • A file extension of .htm or .html indicates a hypertext file.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Its spiffy hypertext and fast turnaround time typify how the Internet is transforming academic publishing.

    Academic text (1995)
  • HTTP allows for multimedia transmissions and supports hyperlink and hypertext documents.

    Academic text (1995)
  • The online versions of the demographic questionnaire and CESPCI were created in hypertext markup language (HTML) format.

    Academic text (2008)
  • When you click on a hypertext link, it takes you to another page instantly.

Compounds

A set of rules that lets browsers get web pages from servers

A way to write text that tells a web page how to look and where links go

A set of simple rules that tell a browser how to show web pages

7.7

A system that links pieces of text so users can jump between them by clicking

How Digital

hypertext
  • Texting
3 5.6
electronic text
  • Specialized
1 3.7
print
53 1.0

Surface Forms

hypertext singular
hypertexts plural

Morphology

hypertext = text (semi-transparent) = hyper + text

The word is built from the recognizable elements 'hyper-' and 'text', but the specialized computer meaning is only partly predictable from the component parts.

Etymology

Hypertext is made of hyper- meaning 'over' or 'beyond', like in hyperactive, and text meaning 'written words'. So hypertext is 'text that goes beyond' a single page and is linked so you can jump between parts.