hypertext
noun
Simple meaning
Digital text in which the reader may navigate related information through embedded hyperlinks.
Pronunciation
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hypertekstSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈhaɪpɚtɛkst
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Definition
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noun
uncountable
Digital text in which the reader may navigate related information through embedded hyperlinks.
countable
A hypertext document.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- B2 · Upper Intermediate (estimated)
- Frequency
- Moderately Common
- Typical Use
- Neutral / general English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: Digital text in which the reader may navigate related information through embedded hyperlinks.
Used this way, hypertext is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It turns up most in technology contexts.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Where it naturally appears
- Technology
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More ways to use hypertext
- “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.”noun
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Compound terms
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A set of tags and rules (conforming to SGML) for using them in developing hypertext documents.
A set of tags and rules (conforming to SGML) for using them in developing hypertext documents.
A database management system that allows strings of text (`objects') to be processed as a complex network of nodes that are linked together in an arbitrary way.
A protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers.
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