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Stretchtext

Stretchtext (also called StretchText, stretchtext, stretch-text) is a hypertext feature that allows the reader to expand the text to show more detail. The term was defined in 1970 by Ted Nelson as a genre of hypertext, although he had described it in unpublished materials as early as 1967.

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Overview

Usage in electronic literature

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Map overview Semantic statistics

Stretchtext

Nodes12
Edges11
Triples13
Avg. degree1.83
Density0.166667
Components1

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Stretchtext

Top relations

related to Ted Nelson's 1970 definition · 7
Stretchtext → Computer Decisions, He, Nelson, One, September, Ted Nelson, The
related to Usage in electronic literature · 5
Stretchtext → Daughter, Judd Morrisey's The Jew's, Mark Bernstein, Pry, Stuart Moulthrop's Victory Garden
is a · 1
Stretchtext → form of writing

Important terminology Word statistics

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Important terminology

hypertext text reader nelson also 1970 ted electronic literature computer would term screen throttles read user called expand detail used

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Stretchtextis aform of writing0.90text
Stretchtextrelated to Ted Nelson's 1970 definitionTed Nelson0.60section
Stretchtextrelated to Ted Nelson's 1970 definitionComputer Decisions0.60section
Stretchtextrelated to Ted Nelson's 1970 definitionSeptember0.60section
Stretchtextrelated to Ted Nelson's 1970 definitionThe0.60section
Stretchtextrelated to Ted Nelson's 1970 definitionHe0.60section
Stretchtextrelated to Ted Nelson's 1970 definitionNelson0.60section
Stretchtextrelated to Ted Nelson's 1970 definitionOne0.60section
Stretchtextrelated to Usage in electronic literaturePry0.60section
Stretchtextrelated to Usage in electronic literatureStuart Moulthrop's Victory Garden0.60section
Stretchtextrelated to Usage in electronic literatureJudd Morrisey's The Jew's0.60section
Stretchtextrelated to Usage in electronic literatureDaughter0.60section

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