hypertext
- noun
- /ˈhaɪpərˌtɛkst/
- Texting
- 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.
- It's a hypertext reference to this web page.
- Now, I think we, we, we're more used to, to this sort of thing that they call hypertext.
Examples
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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.
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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
- Texting
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
- Texting
A set of simple rules that tell a browser how to show web pages
- Texting
A system that links pieces of text so users can jump between them by clicking
How Digital
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.