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hypertext  

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  • Hypertext is a form of electronic writing that allows writers to link paragraphs or pages of text using computer-mediated connections that, in essence, enable computer users to draw relationships and make connections between discrete ideas. In the words of hypertext inventor Ted Nelson, however, the definition is much simpler. [Source: Encyclopedia of New Media; Hypertext]

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