Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Hypertext

What is hypertext? Hypertext is text which is not constrained to be linear. Hypertext is text that is linked to other texts. The founder of hypertext Ted Nelson around 1965. Hypertext is a concept more than anything else. This picture illustrates a way in which we can look at hypertext.:


The uses for hypertext are endless. The World Wide Web combines computer networking (the Internet) and Hypertext MarkUp Language (HTML) into an easy to use system by which people can access information around the world from a desktop computer. Hypertext is the medium used to transmit the information in a non-linear fashion via computer by clicking on a "link" using a mouse.
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  1. NorahNovember 10, 2009 at 2:46 PM

    Hypertext makes online reading so much more engaging. On sites like wikipedia, often key words are bolded and you can clink them to find out more about them. You can't do this to textbooks, alas the online experience is more dynamic.

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  2. Lance StrateNovember 17, 2009 at 1:05 PM

    This post needs more substance, and a little proofreading.

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