Definition of hypertext in English:
hypertext
noun ˈhʌɪpətɛkstˈhaɪpərˌtɛkst
mass nounComputing 1A software system allowing extensive cross-referencing between related sections of text and associated graphic material.
as modifier hypertext link
Example sentencesExamples
- The power of hypertext linking and text markup is everywhere apparent.
- For hypertext history buffs, this is a fantastic compilation of various hypertext systems through the 80s and early 90s.
- In this manner, the merging of expert systems technology with hypertext was quite successful.
- Its graphical interface and point-and-click hypertext links made it easy to use.
- Unlike Overture, though, Google does not place these results in their hypertext links on the left.
- 1.1count noun A document presented on a computer in hypertext.
Example sentencesExamples
- To construct the simplest of hypertexts requires a basic knowledge of HTML code, but a great knowledge of writing practice.
- A user may press a tab key to discover and navigate to a first hyperlink that is part of a hypertext document.
- My aim is to bring what I believe is an eminently suitable body of theory, current feminist literary theory, to critique a range of hypertexts.
- The performative nature of hypertexts, such as Storyspace, are easily likened to Barthes' notion of text as ‘a methodological field’.
- To summarise very briefly, originally most digital writing took the form of hypertexts, usually hyperfictions.
Definition of hypertext in US English:
hypertext
nounˈhaɪpərˌtɛkstˈhīpərˌtekst
Computing 1A software system that links topics on the screen to related information and graphics, which are typically accessed by a point-and-click method.
as modifier hypertext link
Example sentencesExamples
- Its graphical interface and point-and-click hypertext links made it easy to use.
- In this manner, the merging of expert systems technology with hypertext was quite successful.
- The power of hypertext linking and text markup is everywhere apparent.
- Unlike Overture, though, Google does not place these results in their hypertext links on the left.
- For hypertext history buffs, this is a fantastic compilation of various hypertext systems through the 80s and early 90s.
- 1.1 A document presented on a computer as hypertext.
Example sentencesExamples
- The performative nature of hypertexts, such as Storyspace, are easily likened to Barthes' notion of text as ‘a methodological field’.
- To summarise very briefly, originally most digital writing took the form of hypertexts, usually hyperfictions.
- My aim is to bring what I believe is an eminently suitable body of theory, current feminist literary theory, to critique a range of hypertexts.
- A user may press a tab key to discover and navigate to a first hyperlink that is part of a hypertext document.
- To construct the simplest of hypertexts requires a basic knowledge of HTML code, but a great knowledge of writing practice.