- computer software and hardware that allows users to create, store, and view text and move between related items easily and in a nonsequential way; a word or phrase can be selected to link users to another part of the same document or to a different document
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
hy•per•text /ˈhaɪpɚˌtɛkst/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Computingtext, pictures, or other data stored in a computer and linked so that a user can move from an item in one electronic document to a related item in another document.
hy•per•text
(hī′pər tekst′),USA pronunciation n.
- Computinga method of storing data through a computer program that allows a user to create and link fields of information at will and to retrieve the data nonsequentially.
- 1970–75
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
hypertext /ˈhaɪpəˌtɛkst/ n
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'hypertext' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
browse
- browser
- hotlink
- HTML
- HTTP
- hypermedia
- hypertext markup language
- World Wide Web
- author
- hyperlink
- link
- web page
