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HYPERTEXT
Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
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HYPERTEXT. A term in
COMPUTING for text made up of short units (typically a paragraph, or 24-line screen) between which the reader may jump using links assigned in advance: see WORLDWIDE WEB. Unlike a book, in which the pages are in sequence, hypertext allows any of a number of pages to follow the one being read, in any order one wishes. A hypertext system, such as
Apple Hypercard, contains a great many
frames, each of which normally contains a single screenful of information. In each frame are several
buttons or
arrows which the reader can activate, and which call up another frame, on the same principle as a cross-reference in text on paper. Hypertext derives from an idea put forward in 1945 by the US computer designer Vannevar Bush, and the term was coined by the US entrepreneur Ted Nelson. Educational and other systems which include pictures and sound, are known as
hypermedia.
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Enhancing hypertext documents to support learning from text. (Column)
Magazine article from: Technical Communication; 5/1/1992; ; 700+ words
; ...potentially serious drawback with using hypertext as a document format is that users may...suggested constraining the topology of the hypertext network as a method for decreasing user...the two approaches, constraining the hypertext structure and providing maps. The most...
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Will the real hypertext please stand up?
Magazine article from: Computers in Libraries; 5/1/1991; ; 700+ words
; Don't be fooled by imitation hypertext Definitions of hypertext almost always mention the nonlinear nature of the access...there can be no doubt that this nonlinear access makes hypertext a distinct and potentially valuable means of information...
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An annotated hypertext bibliography.
Magazine article from: Online; 3/1/1988; ; 700+ words
; ...3), 291-299. Discusses Guide, a hypertext tool for the Macintosh and IBM AT/PS2...103, 112. Reviews HyperCard, a hypertext programming environment for the Macintosh...30. The author explores the future of hypertext and media. Hypertext is seen as the...
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Dataware ships HyperText CD-ROM software.
Magazine article from: Information Today; 10/1/1991; 700+ words
; Dataware Ships HyperText CD-Rom Software Dataware Technologies, Inc. has released CD Author HyperText and CD Answer HyperText, new authoring and retrieval software optimized for hypertext applications on CD-ROM. Now publishers can create...
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Cognitive overhead in hypertext learning reexamined: overcoming the myths.
Magazine article from: Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia; 12/22/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...merely depending on a hypertext author's navigation paths established within a hypertext. It is an ongoing debate...whether the nonlinearity of hypertexts promotes learning or whether...view of learning favor hypertext as a learning medium...
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Implications of hypertext theory for the reading, organization, and retrieval of information.(Report)
Magazine article from: Library Philosophy and Practice; 3/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...pieces of writing. Amongst scholars, hypertext is difficult-or even controversial...offer a rather loaded definition of hypertext, describing it as "the use of the computer...this definition, many discussions of hypertext emphasize its nonlinear qualities, but...
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Hypertext: The Convergence of Contemporary Critical Theory and Technology.
Magazine article from: Style; 6/22/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...new writing technologies, particularly hypertext, has prompted a great deal of prophesying...Writing Space and George P. Landow's Hypertext, fall firmly into such a prophecy category...takes as his topic the ways in which hypertext serves as the literal embodiment of...
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Seven ways to make a hypertext project fail.
Magazine article from: Technical Communication; 5/1/1992; ; 700+ words
; SUMMARY Hypertext is an exciting concept, but designing and developing hypertext applications of practical scale is hard. "Hypertext engineers" must overcome seven problems to make a project feasible and successful: 1. Developing realistic...
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Marrying hypertext with CD-ROM.
Magazine article from: Information Today; 5/1/1989; ; 700+ words
; Marrying Hypertext With CD-ROM Among the fashionable...today, one often hears about the latest hypertext products, some revolutionary networking...ROM to come out soon. We also hear of hypertext-like software to browse through your...
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Profs gather at UCLA to discuss future of hypertext literature
News Wire article from: University Wire; 8/6/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...brilliant uses of hypertext, they have many...There is nothing hypertexts have done that...imagine teaching hypertexts." But Denner...Diana Slattery's hypertext "Glide," was...print works to hypertexts to see how the...changing. Several hypertext authors participated...
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hypertext
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
hypertext. Printed literature is not linear...1974 introduced the term ‘hypertext’ for linked literature, or...as The Adventure and were essentially hypertext stories in print. In 1987 Apple Computer...
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Hypertext and Hyperlinks
Book article from: Computer Sciences
HYPERTEXT AND HYPERLINKS Hypertext is information organized so that it can be connected to other...clicking on hyperlinks, users can choose various paths through the hypertext material. A hyperlink is a word, phrase, image, or region...
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Extensible Hypertext Markup Language
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Internet
Extensible Hypertext Markup Language The next version of the HYPERTEXT MARKUP LANGUAGE . It is touted by the WORLD WIDE WEB CONSORTIUM as being its successor. It is usually referred to as XHTML.
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HTML (HyperText Markup Language)
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of E-Commerce
HTML (HYPERTEXT MARKUP LANGUAGE) Hypertext markup language (HTML) is an authoring or presentation language (not a programming language) used for creating pages on the World Wide Web. The language consists of special codes or tags that determine...
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Hypertext Markup Language
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Internet
Hypertext Markup Language The language used to develop documents which are to be placed on the WORLD WIDE WEB . It is usually known as HTML...
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