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HyperCard
Sign in to saveHyperCard is a software application and development kit for Apple Macintosh and Apple IIGS computers. It is among the first successful hypermedia systems predating the World Wide Web.
Key facts
- Software.name
- HyperCard
- Software.logo
- Logo of Apple HyperCard.svg
- Software.author
- Bill Atkinson
- Software.developer
- Apple Computer
- Software.discontinued
- yes
- Software.latest release version
- 2.4.1
- Software.programming language
- Apple Pascal
- Software.operating system
- Macintosh: System 6, System 7, Mac OS 8, Mac OS 9Apple IIGS: GS/OS 5 and 6
- Software.platform
- Macintosh, Apple IIGS
- Software.language
- English
- Software.genre
- Hypermedia, software development
- Software.license
- Proprietary
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
19 sectionsContents
- Overview
- Design
- HyperTalk
- Externals
- History
- Development
- Launch
- HyperCard 2.0
- HyperCard 3.0
- Applications
- Exploits
- Reception
- Legacy
- World Wide Web
- Similar systems
- See also
- References
- Bibliography {{anchor|Books}}
- External links
HyperCard is a software application and development kit for Apple Macintosh and Apple IIGS computers. It is among the first successful hypermedia systems predating the World Wide Web.
HyperCard combines a flat-file database with a graphical, flexible, user-modifiable interface. HyperCard includes a built-in programming language called HyperTalk for manipulating data and the user interface.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “HyperCard” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.