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It was Ted Nelson who first coined the term 'hypertext.' Nelson and Douglas Englebart are considered to be the fathers of computer-based hypertext, the ability to link fragments of text together via computer, allowing the reader to follow a link from one

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It was Ted Nelson who first coined the term 'hypertext.' Nelson and Douglas Englebart are considered to be the fathers of computer-based hypertext, the ability to link fragments of text together via computer, allowing the reader to follow a link from one piece of text to another. (The more recent term 'hypermedia' is a further generalization of hypertext, in which not only text but other media types, such as static graphics, animation, and sound, are linked together.)

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D Levy 2001

A Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology