Hypertext and Intertext
Hypertext and Intertext
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sinter
acti
veandcanbeaccessedbycl
icki
ngon
hyper
li
nks.Hypert
exthaslinkref
erencesthatar
econnectedtoanot
herpi
eceoftext
.Iti
swidel
y
usedinblogsasamedi um toconnecttootherar
ticl
esonthesamewebsit
eorexter
nalwebsit
e.
Takealookatthi
swor d,Hyper
text.I
tisinbl
uefontanditi
sunderl
ined.Thi
swordisan
exampleofhyper
textbecauseitcontai
nshyper
li
nkthatcanleadustoanotheri
nfor
mati
on.
Let'
str
ytocli
ckit
.
Bycli
ckingit
,itl
eadsmet oanotherinf
ormati
onaboutthehyper
text.I
tgoest
oshowt hat
hyper
textisacer t
ainwor
dfrom atextwit
hal i
nkat
tachment.Andwheny oucl
ickthatwordwit
h
ali
nk,i
twi l
ldi
rectyoutoanotherpagewhichcont
ainsfur
theri
nformati
onaboutthepart
icul
ar
wordthatyouclick.
Sinceweclickthewordhy per
text
,itl
eadsust oanotherpageofinf
ormationaboutthewordand
i
tsay sher
et hatthet
erm hypert
extwascoi nedbyTedNel sonwhodefi
nedi ti
nhisself
-
publi
shedli
terarymachineasnon-sequentalwri
ti
ng.Hedescr i
behyper
textasaseriesof
chunksconnectedbylinksthatoff
erreadersdif
fer
entpathways.
I
tissimpl
yanon-l
inearwayofpresent
ingi
nfor
mat
ionr
athert
hanat
radi
ti
onal
li
nearpr
ocessof
r
eadingfr
om begi
nningtoanend.
DI
FFERENCEOFHYPERTEXTANDHYPERLI
NK
Youmightalsot
hinkabouthyper
li
nkaswediscussedabouthyper
text
.Act
ual
l
yhy
per
textand
hyper
li
nkarever
ymuchr el
atedtermsbuthasdi
ffer
entmeanings.
Thepri
ordif
fer
encebetweenthehyper
textandhy perl
inki
sthatt
hehypert
extisthenon-
li
near
repr
esent
ati
onofthedatawhichwhenclickedredir
ectsyoutosomeotherpage.Ontheother
hand,t
hehyperl
i
nkistheli
nkembeddedint hehypertextt
owhichthecont
roli
stransf
err
ed.
Thatconcl
udesourdiscussi
ononhypert
ext
.Now,
letusshif
tourf
ocust
othet
opi
cofI
nter
text
ori
ntert
ext
uali
ty,
whichwi l
lbepr
esent
edbyMs.Mudznaly
nSubuhon.