Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A computer-based information retrieval system that enables a user to gain or provide access to texts, audio and video recordings, photographs, and computer graphics related to a particular subject.
Wiktionary
- n. computing The use of text, data, graphics, audio and video as elements of an extended hypertext system in which all elements are linked so that the user can move among them at will
WordNet 3.0
- n. a multimedia system in which related items of information are connected and can be presented together
Examples
“Or perphaps in hypermedia Times Square or in the TV showrooms of a Radio Shack.”
“Of course, most web pages include other media elements besides text, such as graphics, animation, and audio, so the Web is more accurately described as a hypermedia system.”
“Or in other words: Fielding's "hypermedia" in fact is not any different part of the system but solely the document.”
“Rumors have been swirling for the past 24 hours since it was announced on Fuji TV's "Mr Sunday" program that actress Erika Sawajiri, 24, and her husband, "hypermedia" creator Tsuyoshi Takashiro, 45, are in the process of solidifying plans for divorce.”
“This spawned a variety of hypermedia and hypertext experiments during the 1970s and 980s.”
“Between 1978 and 1980, students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology produced the first significant hypermedia application, the Aspen Moviemap, which used a stop-frame camera to create an interactive map of Aspen, Colorado, based on actual photos.”
“Wendy has undertaken early hypermedia research and I met her at an ACM Multimedia Conference.”
“Context – seeing the connections: A hypermedia environment encourages non-linear exploration, but unfortunately it does not provide a context to critically investigate a subject.”
“The use of comprehension aids in a hypermedia environment: investigating the impact of metacognitive awareness and epistemological beliefs.”
“Focus of the upcoming section on educational multimedia and hypermedia:”
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aozuas's Words
sense data, hyperreality, brouhaha, ibid, apophenia, fnord, lackadaisical, schadenfreude, bildungsroman, ready-made, readymade, tergiversar and 654 more...
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Technophiles "R" Us
applet, phish, podcast, blog, mouselexia, hot spot, adware, backbone, bot, cyberspace, emoticon, netiquette and 16 more...
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