HYPERTEXT

hypertext

(noun) machine-readable text that is not sequential but is organized so that related items of information are connected; “Let me introduce the word hypertext to mean a body of written or pictorial material interconnected in such a complex way that it could not conveniently be presented or represented on paper”--Ted Nelson

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

hypertext (countable and uncountable, plural hypertexts)

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

(countable) A hypertext document.

Synonyms

• non-linear text

Source: Wiktionary