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...Hypertext, in its barest form, is text with certain key words highlighted. The user can access a "link" to get further information about any highlighted key word simply by clicking...
...example, in a hypertext discussion about chickwich consumption at Harvard, clicking on the word chickwich would bring up more information about chickwiches, perhaps a definition of the term...
...implementation of hypertext brings into play two other fundamental aspects of the Web, namely, its "multimedia" and "resource location" conventions...
Information on the Web, often organized into hypertext "pages," ordinarily includes not just textual but also graphical and even aural data. That is, users of the Web expect to encounter graphics to punctuate the text at every turn. If the saying "a picture is worth a thousand words" is true, then graphics are vital to reduce information overload on-line...
Sound is another important component. Often, a Web hypertext "page" will include links to sound data. For example, the White House Web site (http://www.whitehouse.gov) includes a now-famous link between a picture of Socks the cat and a sound of Socks meowing...