hypermedia
noun
hy·per·me·dia
ˈhī-pər-ˌmē-dē-ə 
: a database format similar to hypertext in which text, sound, or video images related to that on a display can be accessed directly from the display
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There is a long line of adherents to this vision, beginning in 1945 with Vannevar Bush and continuing through Ted Nelson, who coined the word hypermedia.
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Steven Levy, WIRED, 8 Dec. 2023
In the hypermedia world, nonfiction books would not be read front to back, but would be blended into some World Information Bank, each passage linked in millions of ways to other relevant information.
—Steven Levy, WIRED, 8 Dec. 2023
An enormous task stands in the way of realizing the hypermedia dream: all the world’s knowledge must be entered as data and put online.
—Steven Levy, WIRED, 8 Dec. 2023
As Kati Marton lays out in her profile of the 63-year-old German chancellor — made available to the author for a single question — Ms. Merkel is patently uninterested in the trappings of leadership in the modern, hypermedia age.
—Melissa Eddy, New York Times, 23 July 2017
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Steven Levy, WIRED, 8 Dec. 2023
In the hypermedia world, nonfiction books would not be read front to back, but would be blended into some World Information Bank, each passage linked in millions of ways to other relevant information.
—Steven Levy, WIRED, 8 Dec. 2023
An enormous task stands in the way of realizing the hypermedia dream: all the world’s knowledge must be entered as data and put online.
—Steven Levy, WIRED, 8 Dec. 2023
As Kati Marton lays out in her profile of the 63-year-old German chancellor — made available to the author for a single question — Ms. Merkel is patently uninterested in the trappings of leadership in the modern, hypermedia age.
—Melissa Eddy, New York Times, 23 July 2017
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“Hypermedia.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hypermedia. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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