hypertext

Also known as hypertexts

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Hypertext is a system of documents or information connected together through clickable links that let you jump from one piece of content to another. It matters because it's the underlying technology that makes the web work, allowing you to navigate between related information easily rather than reading everything in a fixed order.

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Commons category: Hypertext
P13411: Sharm el-Sheikh

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Contents

Etymology
Types and uses of hypertext
History
Implementations
Academic conferences
Hypertext fiction
Forms
See also
References
Documentary film
Bibliography
Further reading
External links
Hypertext conferences

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thumb|alt=Vannevar Bush.|Engineer Vannevar Bush wrote "[[As We May Think" in July 1945 in which he described the Memex, a theoretical proto-hypertext device which in turn helped inspire the subsequent invention of hypertext.]]