hypertexts
Interconnected digital texts
Hypertexts is the plural of hypertext—text displayed on a computer that contains links to other text, allowing readers to jump between related content rather than reading linearly.
The concept predates the web but became ubiquitous with it.
In academic contexts, hypertexts may refer to specific works or systems: Early hypertexts like HyperCard influenced web design.
Things that connect
- nodesPoints of connection
- HTMLWeb page code
- webInterwoven filament structure
- clickableAble to be pressed
navigation · nonlinear · documents · anchors · URLs · browsing · markup · interconnected
Not in sequence
- narrativeAccount of events
- branchingSplitting into separate directions
- experimentalTesting new methods
- postmodernSkeptical of metanarratives
Borges · fragmented · multipath · storytelling · labyrinthine · Hopscotch · footnotes · digressions
Legendary pleasure palace
- associativeConnecting by relationship
- networkedLinked for data exchange
- interlinkedJoined in sequence
- NelsonEnglish family name
cybernetics · cognitive · augmentation · conceptual · posthuman
links
Things that connect
clickable · navigation · nonlinear · documents · anchors · URLs · browsing · markup · interconnected · webpages
nonlinear
Not in sequence
- narrativeAccount of events
- branchingSplitting into separate directions
- experimentalTesting new methods
Borges · postmodern · fragmented · multipath · storytelling · labyrinthine · Hopscotch · footnotes · digressions · intertextuality
Xanadu
Legendary pleasure palace
- associativeConnecting by relationship
- networkedLinked for data exchange
- interlinkedJoined in sequence
Nelson · cybernetics · cognitive · augmentation · conceptual · posthuman
XML
Structured data markup language
- HTTPWeb data transmission standard
- anchorsWeighted devices securing vessels
- parsingGrammatical structure extraction
rendering · browsers · protocols · DOM · tags · attributes · linking · encoding · standards · servers
hypertextsplain text
Unencoded readable characters
printed books · codex · manuscripts · scrolls · monographs
hypertextsprinted books
Published physical reading material
codices · bound volumes · inscriptions · hardcopy · print media