The document discusses the history and applications of hypertext. It describes how Vannevar Bush created the Memex system in 1945 as one of the earliest hypertext systems, allowing for non-linear linking of text. Ted Nelson later expanded on these ideas with his Project Xanadu in 1963. The document outlines several advantages of hypertext systems, including enabling users to access and link information non-sequentially. It also discusses applications of hypertext in education, business, and personal learning.
5. Hypertext Application in Business, Information Resources, and Personal learning Hypertext Application in Education (1) Hypertext Application in Education (2) Hypertext Application in Language Learning
9. If you want to find certain text (represented as D on the following description), usually you need to go to previous ones (A –B- C) before achieving D A B C D musheinz.blogspot.com Back
10. Hypertext A system that can link one text to another. It allow users to supply and recall data directly in their computers. A system that to manage a collection of information that can be assessed non sequentially in which it consists of a network of chunk of information (nodes) and cross-references (logical links) between them; therefore, it enables users to explore or open any information available in any document without starting from the first document sequentially. (Lucarella, in the “information Processing Management” International journal. Back
11. The father of hypertext, Vannebar Bush (1945),created Memex to supply some memories and recall them whenever they are needed chuvadaddy.blogspot.com Next
12. Ted Nelson extended the hypertext system (1963), through his creation, Project Xanadu www.appuntidigitali.it Back