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hypermedia

hypermedia noun: 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.

Noun

hypermedia (uncountable)

  1. 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.
    • From the `70s onwards, Muffler, de Sola Pool and other gurus attempted to prove that the advent of hypermedia would paradoxically involve a return to the economic liberalism of the past.1995 September, Richard Barbrook, Andy Cameron, “The Californian Ideology”, in Mute, volume 1, number 3, →ISSN, archived from the original on 19 Oct 2021

hypermedia meaning in Tamil and Bengali

hypermedia in Tamil

மீ ஊடகம்

hypermedia in Bengali

উপাত্ত, গ্রাফিক্স

Origin of hypermedia

From hyper- + media, coined by American information technologist, philosopher, and sociologist Ted Nelson in 1965.

Words that rhyme with hypermedia

Questions about hypermedia

What does hypermedia mean?
Hypermedia means 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.
What is hypermedia in Tamil?
Hypermedia in Tamil is மீ ஊடகம். See Hypermedia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hypermedia?
Hypermedia is a noun.

Words near hypermedia in the dictionary

  1. hypermatrixes
  2. hypermature
  3. hypermaturity
  4. hypermeasure
  5. hypermeasures
  6. hypermedia
  7. hypermediacy
  8. hypermediated
  9. hypermedication
  10. hypermedium
  11. hypermelanic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hypermedia (page history and authors); hypermedia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hypermedia (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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