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hypermedia.

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.

10 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  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.

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Where this word comes from

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

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