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hy·per·text  (hpr-tkst)
n.
A computer-based text retrieval system that enables a user to access particular locations in webpages or other electronic documents by clicking on links within specific webpages or documents.

hypertext
Noun
computer software and hardware that allows users to store and view text and move between related items easily

hypertext  (hpr-tkst)
A computer-based text retrieval system that enables a user to access particular locations or files in webpages or other electronic documents by clicking on links within specific webpages or documents.
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Noun1.hypertext - machine-readable text that is not sequential but is organized so that related items of information are connected; "Let me introduce the word hypertext to mean a body of written or pictorial material interconnected in such a complex way that it could not conveniently be presented or represented on paper"--Ted Nelson
machine-readable text - electronic text that is stored as strings of characters and that can be displayed in a variety of formats
object-oriented database - a database in which the operations carried out on information items (data objects) are considered part of their definition
Translations
hypertext [ˈhaɪpətɛkst] n (Comput) → hypertexte m
hypertext [ˈhaɪpətɛkst] n (Comput) → Hypertext m
hypertext [ˈhaɪpəˌtɛkst] n (COMPUT) → ipertesto


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