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The topic hypermedia is discussed in the following articles:
...mimicking the way humans associate ideas. Objects so linked need not be only text; speech and music, graphics and images, and animation and video can all be interlinked into a “hypermedia” database. The objects are stored with their hyperlinks, and a user can easily navigate the network of associations by clicking with a mouse on a series of entries on a...
...are directly dependent upon their existing collections. Nevertheless, through the hyperlinking and multimedia capabilities of electronic information media—particularly the World Wide Web (a hypermedia system carried on the Internet)—digitized representations can be brought together from multiple sources for enjoyment and study in a manner largely determined by the individual user....
...retrieval service of the Internet (q.v.; the worldwide computer network). The Web gives users access to a vast array of documents that are connected to each other by means of hypertext or hypermedia links—i.e., hyperlinks, electronic connections that link related pieces of information in order to allow a user easy access to them. Hypertext allows the user to select a word...
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