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HyperCard

HyperCard is a software application and development kit for Apple Macintosh and Apple IIGS computers. It is among the first successful hypermedia systems predating the World Wide Web.

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Available in
English
Developer
Apple Computer
Final release
2.4.1 / 1998; 28 years ago (1998)
License
Proprietary
Operating system
Macintosh: System 6, System 7, Mac OS 8, Mac OS 9 Apple IIGS: GS/OS 5 and 6
Original author
Bill Atkinson

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HyperCard

Nodes132
Edges131
Triples262
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.015152
Components1

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HyperCard

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related to Reception · 35
HyperCard → Apple, Apple Applications, August, Besides Activision, Byte, Byte Awards, CD-ROMs, Compute, Dan Bricklin, Dialog, Excellence, Goodman, Goodman's, Hypercard Steals Show At, HyperCard's, I'm, I've, In, InfoWorld, It's
related to External links · 30
HyperCard → America OnLine, AppleHyperCard, AppleScript, April, Archived, Atkinson, Bill, Collection, Computer Chronicles, Dan, Demonstrating HyperCard, Die, Economy, Folk, French, Internet ArchiveA, Interview, July, June, Loper OS
related to Development · 25
HyperCard → Among, Apple, Atkinson, August, Boston, Dan Winkler, Expo, He, HyperTalk, In, It, John Sculley, LSD, Mac, Macintosh, Macintosh II, Macs, Macworld, MacWorld Conference, March
related to HyperCard 3.0 · 25
HyperCard → Apple, Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple's, Atkinson, Because, Calhoun, Crow, Dan Crow, Development, In, Internet, Its, Jobs, Kevin Calhoun, March, NeXT, QTi, QuickTime, QuickTime's, Sculley's
related to Similar systems · 17
HyperCard → Android, As, Atkinson, Author, Classic Macintosh, GUI, HyperCard's, HyperCard-like, HyperStudio, In, Linux/Unix, LiveCode, Ltd, Mac OS, Macintosh, Software MacKiev, Windows
related to Design · 15
HyperCard → Also, Bill Atkinson, Borland Delphi, Cards, Described, Each, GUI, Microsoft Visual Basic, RAD, Rolodex, The, They, This, Users, Visual Studio
related to Launch · 15
HyperCard → APDA, Apple, Apple's, Bug, Developer's Association, Finder, From August, HyperCard's, It, Macintosh, October, Since, Stewart Alsop II, The Apple Programmer's, Within
related to Externals · 13
HyperCard → ADB, Apple Desktop Bus, BeeHive Technologies, Connected, During HyperCard's, HyperTalk, Internet, Oracle, Oracle Card, These, Unlike, XCMD, XFCN
related to HyperCard 2.0 · 13
HyperCard → Aimed, Although, Apple, Apple IIGS, At, HyperCard IIGS, HyperTalk, IIGS, In, Kevin Calhoun, Macintosh HyperCard, The, This
related to World Wide Web · 10
HyperCard → Although HyperCard, CompuServe, Hyperdialer, HyperTalk, Internet, Javascript, Robert Cailliau, The, Tim Berners-Lee's, Web

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apple hypertalk software system web stacks first macintosh systems development used many stack features also applications mac use database application

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
HyperCardAvailable inEnglish1.00infobox
HyperCardDeveloperApple Computer1.00infobox
HyperCardFinal release2.4.1 / 1998; 28 years ago (1998)1.00infobox
HyperCardLicenseProprietary1.00infobox
HyperCardOperating systemMacintosh: System 6, System 7, Mac OS 8, Mac OS 9 Apple IIGS: GS/OS 5 and 61.00infobox
HyperCardOriginal authorBill Atkinson1.00infobox
HyperCardPlatformMacintosh, Apple IIGS1.00infobox
HyperCardReleaseAugust 11, 1987; 39 years ago (August 11, 1987)1.00infobox
HyperCardTypeHypermedia, software development1.00infobox
HyperCardWebsiteapple.com/hypercard at the Wayback Machine (archived 1998-05-09)1.00infobox
HyperCardWritten inApple Pascal1.00infobox
HyperCardis asoftware application and development kit for Apple Macintosh and Apple IIGS computers0.90text
HyperCardis ascript0.90text

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