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hypermedia

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See also: hypermédia

English

Etymology

From hyper- + media, coined by American information technologist, philosopher, and sociologist Ted Nelson in 1965.

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Noun

hypermedia (uncountable)

  1. (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.
    • 1995 September, Richard Barbrook, Andy Cameron, “The Californian Ideology”, in Mute, volume 1, number 3, →ISSN:
      From the `70s onwards, Muffler, de Sola Pool and other gurus attempted to prove that the advent of hypermedia would paradoxically involve a return to the economic liberalism of the past.

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Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from English hypermedia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhyperˌmediɑ/, [ˈhype̞rˌme̞diɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ediɑ
  • Syllabification(key): hy‧per‧me‧di‧a
  • Hyphenation(key): hyper‧media

Noun

hypermedia

  1. hypermedia

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