What is HyperText

Hypertext is text which contains links to other texts. The term was coined by Ted Nelson around 1965 (see History ).

HyperMedia is a term used for hypertext which is not constrained to be text: it can include graphics, video and sound , for example. Apparently Ted Nelson was the first to use this term too.

Hypertext and HyperMedia are concepts, not products.

See also:

• A list of terms used in hypertext litterature.
• Conferences
• Commercial (and academic) products
• A newsgroup on hypertext, "alt.hypertext" .
• WorldWideWeb is a project which uses hypertext concepts.
• Standards .