Hypertext vs. Hypermedia

Hypertextnoun

(uncountable) Digital text in which the reader may navigate related information through embedded hyperlinks.

Hypertextnoun

(countable) A hypertext document.

Hypertextnoun

machine-readable text that is not sequential but is organized so that related items of information are connected;

Hypertext

Hypertext is text displayed on a computer display or other electronic devices with references (hyperlinks) to other text that the reader can immediately access. Hypertext documents are interconnected by hyperlinks, which are typically activated by a mouse click, keypress set, or screen touch.

Hypermedianoun

(computing) The use of text, data, graphics, audio and video as elements of an extended hypertext system in which all elements are linked so that the user can move among them at will

Hypermedianoun

a multimedia system in which related items of information are connected and can be presented together

Hypermedia

Hypermedia, an extension of the term hypertext, is a nonlinear medium of information that includes graphics, audio, video, plain text and hyperlinks. This designation contrasts with the broader term multimedia, which may include non-interactive linear presentations as well as hypermedia.