TEXTS and

HYPERTEXTS

Definition

Hypertext is text displayed on a computer

display or other electronic devices with
references (hyperlinks) to other texts which
the reader can immediately access, or where
text can be revealed progressively at
multiple levels of detail (also called
StretchText).
The hypertext pages are interconnected by
hyperlinks, typically activated by a mouse
click, keypress sequence, or by touching the
screen.

Definition
Apart from text, hypertext is sometimes
used to describe tables, images and other
presentational content forms with
hyperlinks.
Hypertext is the underlying concept defining
the structure of the World Wide Web, with
pages often written in the Hypertext
Markup Language (a.k.a. HTML).
It enables an easy-to-use and flexible
connection and sharing of information over
the Internet.

Definition

Note how hypertext is not just flat text

with highlights or paragraphs omitted
during display, but rather,
the text is hyper-structured with hyperlinks
or other structures embedded inside a
page, including hidden search words, to
control the display and connection with
other pages or hypertext nodes

Etymology
The English prefix hyper- comes from the
Greek prefix "-" and means "over"
or "beyond.
It has a common origin with the prefix
"super-" which comes from Latin.
It signifies the overcoming of the previous
linear constraints of written text.
The term "hypertext" is often used where
the term "hypermedia" might seem
appropriate.

Etymology

In 1992, author Ted Nelson who coined

both terms in 1963 wrote:
By now the word "hypertext" has become
generally accepted for branching and responding
text, but the corresponding word "hypermedia",
meaning complexes of branching and responding
graphics, movies and sound as well as text is
much less used. Instead they use the strange term
"interactive multimedia": this is four syllables
longer, and does not express the idea of extending
hypertext. Nelson, Literary Machines, 1992

Written Activity
Page 57
Page 67, 67, 69
Read 2b or not 2b that was adapted
from the book The Gr8 Db8

TEXT CODE
AAM
2NITE
AKA
ATB
BBFN
BRB
BTW
CMIIW

FULL WORD

As a matter of fact
Tonight
Also known as
All the best
Bye bye for now
Be right back
By the way
Correct me if Im wrong

TEXT CODE
CUL8R
EOL
FYEO
GTSY
HAGN
H&K
IOW
LTNC

FULL WORD

Call you later or see you later

End of lecture
For your eyes only
Glad to see you
Have a good night
Hug and kiss
In other words
Long time no see

TEXT CODE
MGB
NO1
PCM
QT
ROTFL
SETE
SIT
SITD

FULL WORD

May God bless

No one
Please call me
Cutie
Roll on the floor laughing
Smiling ear to ear
Stay in touch
Still in the dark

TEXT CODE
SOFH
Ti2GO
TWIMC

WenCnlCUAgn

WUWH
YBS

FULL WORD
Sense of humor failure
Time to go
To whom it may
concern
When can I see you
again?
Wish you were here
Youll be sorry