hypertext

hypertext A term coined by Ted Nelson around 1965 for a

collection of documents (or "nodes") containing

cross-references or "links" which, with the aid of an

interactive browser program, allow the reader to move easily

from one document to another.

The extension of hypertext to include other media - sound,

graphics, and video - has been termed "hypermedia", but

is usually just called "hypertext", especially since the

advent of the World-Wide Web and HTML.

(2000-09-10)