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Hypertext and Intertext

The document discusses hypertext and intertext. It defines hypertext as non-linear text that allows readers to choose their own reading path through links. The World Wide Web is a global hypertext system where information resides on servers linked across the internet. URLs specify the location and mechanism to retrieve web resources, with parts like the protocol, host name, and file name. Hypertext differs from linear text by breaking information into smaller units that readers can explore through connections, rather than a straight beginning to end reading. It bridges free exploration and shortcuts between knowledge representations.

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Hypertext and Intertext

The document discusses hypertext and intertext. It defines hypertext as non-linear text that allows readers to choose their own reading path through links. The World Wide Web is a global hypertext system where information resides on servers linked across the internet. URLs specify the location and mechanism to retrieve web resources, with parts like the protocol, host name, and file name. Hypertext differs from linear text by breaking information into smaller units that readers can explore through connections, rather than a straight beginning to end reading. It bridges free exploration and shortcuts between knowledge representations.

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Hypertext and Intertext

Reading and Writing Skill


Quarter 4
Which do you prepare?

• Reading printed books or reading using electronic books like


WATTPAD?
Linear text Non-Linear text

traditional text that needs the reader can choose his


to be read from beginning own reading path.
to the end 
Hypertext

• is a non-linear way to present information and is usually accomplished using


“links”.
• Hypertext is text displayed on a computer display or other electronic devices
with references to other text that the reader can immediately access.
• The World Wide Web (www) is a global hypertext system of information
residing on servers linked across the internet.
• The term hypertext was coined by Ted Nelson in 1963.
• Hypertext allows readers to access information particularly suited to their
needs.
Uniform Resource Locator (URL)

• colloquially termed a web address, is a


reference to a web resource that specifies its
location on a computer network and a
mechanism for retrieving it. URLs occur most
commonly to reference web pages (http), but
are also used for file transfer (ftp), email
(mailto), database access (JDBC), and many
other applications.
URL Form

http://www.example.com/index.html

Protocol File name


Host Name
Why hypertexts?

• In a hypertext system, the reader is free to navigate information by exploring


the connections provided.
• Hypertext is very different way of presenting information than the usual
linear form.
• Text no longer flows in a straight line through a book. Instead, it is broken
down into many smaller units (lexias, to borrow a term from literary
criticism), each addressing a few issues.
• It acts as a bridge between two basic, opposite, and complementing elements
that may be called gender of knowledge representation: free and shortcut
Ted Nelson
Intertext

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