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Hypertext

Hypertext is text displayed on a computer display or other electronic devices with references (hyperlinks) to other text that the reader can immediately access. Hypertext documents are interconnected by hyperlinks, which are typically activated by a mouse click, keypress set, or screen touch.

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Etymology

Types and uses of hypertext

History

Implementations

Academic conferences

Hypertext fiction

Documentary film

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Hypertext

Nodes129
Edges128
Triples264
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.015504
Components1

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Hypertext

Top relations

related to Further reading · 115
Hypertext → ACM, ACM/CSC-ER Proceedings, AFIPS Conference Proceedings, AFOSR-3233 Summary Report, An Introduction, Andries, Anthem Press, April, Archived, Astrid, Augmenting Human Intellect, Baltimore, Barnet, Belinda, Berlino, Bibcode, Bolter, Buckland, Built, Byers
related to Implementations · 41
Hypertext → ACM, Adobe's Portable Document Format, Amigaguide, Besides, Carnegie Mellon University, Commodore Amiga Workbench, Communications, Document Examiner, ED-Media, Electronic Document System, FRESS, Genera, GNU, HTML, HyperCard, Hypertext Editing System, Hypertext Hands-On, HyperTies, IBM, Information Presentation Facility
related to Forms · 24
Hypertext → An, Arborescent, Axial, Below, De, Dutch, Each, Eisjen Schaaf, In, It, Its, Layered, Miriam, Networked, Paul Vitányi, Pauline, Shelley Jackson's Patchwork Girl, The, The Virtual Disappearance, There
related to Documentary film · 12
Hypertext → Andries, Brown University, Computer Science, Dam, Educational Experiment, English, Full Movie, IMDb, Internet Archive, Providence, RI, Run
related to history · 12
Hypertext → As We May Think, Because, Douglas Engelbart, Forking Paths, In, Jorge Luis Borges, Memex, Ted Nelson, The, The Atlantic Monthly, The Garden, Vannevar Bush
related to Academic conferences · 9
Hypertext → ACM Conference, Although, Among, IW3C2, Social Media, The Electronic Literature Organization, There, Web, World Wide Web
related to Etymology · 8
Hypertext → Brief Words, Greek, It, January, Latin, Nelson, The English, Theodor
related to Hypertext conferences · 8
Hypertext → ACM Conference, Advancement, Association, Computing, EdMedia, Education, Hypermedia, Innovate Learning
related to Types and uses of hypertext · 8
Hypertext → CDs, Internet, Links, Some, Static, StretchText, The, World Wide Web
related to Hypertext fiction · 6
Hypertext → An, Intermedia, Judy Malloy's Uncle Roger, Michael Joyce's, Storyspace, Two

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system text web nelson used links information fiction first world isbn developed 1987 new also hypermedia university computer electronic could

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Hypertextis aWorld Wide Web0.90text
Hypertextis away to link and access information of various kinds as a web of nodes in which the user can browse at will0.90text
Hypertextis aannual ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media0.90text
searchinstance ofHalasz identified critical challenges0.80text
query in large hypertextsinstance ofHalasz identified critical challenges0.80text
composite structuresinstance ofHalasz identified critical challenges0.80text
versioninginstance ofHalasz identified critical challenges0.80text
and collaborative work.In 1980instance ofHalasz identified critical challenges0.80text
Tim Berners-Lee created ENQUIREinstance ofHalasz identified critical challenges0.80text
an early hypertext database system somewhat like a wiki but without hypertext punctuationinstance ofHalasz identified critical challenges0.80text
which was not invented until 1987instance ofHalasz identified critical challenges0.80text
equipment repair manualsinstance ofan early 1980s text and graphic editor for interactive hypertexts0.80text

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