hypermedia, n. pl. (also const. as sing.) Computing.
(haɪpəˈmiːdɪə, ˈhaɪpə-)
[f. hyper- 5 + media n. pl.]
A method of structuring information in different media for presentation to a single user, usu. through a computing workstation, whereby related items of information are connected in the same way as in hypertext.
| 1965 T. H. Nelson in Proc. 20th Nat. Conf. Assoc. Computing Machinery 96 The hyperfilm—a browsable or vari-sequenced movie—is only one of the possible hypermedia that require our attention. 1986 Computer Bull. June 22/3 What has come to be known as ‘hypertext’ or, sometimes, ‘hypermedia’, meaning a mixture of media—printed text, handwritten documents, photographs, movies and so on—linked together in associative networks. 1990 Computer Weekly 6 Sept. 40/1 Office Workstations (Owl) describes its Guide program as a hypermedia information system. It started life as a way of presenting book-like text and illustrations in a more digestible form. |