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Definition: Hypertext
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│ Hypertext organizes information using network relationships so users │
│ can rapidly find and understand whatever they desire -- all without │
│ prior knowledge of the subject or the access technology. Neil │
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Hypertext may be the most important new technology in the last 500
years because it combines six important ideas:
(1) BROWSING -- Rapidly find what you didn't know you wanted
(2) CONTEXT-FREE -- Works without prior knowledge of the subject
(3) EASY-USE -- Intuitive commands totally mastered in a minute <link34>
(4) OBVIOUS -- Users always know status of retrieval process
(5) SPEED -- Finds what you want within a dozen keystrokes <link36>
(6) SHOWS KNOWLEDGE -- Relationships and boundaries in answers
MaxThink provides both hypertext construction software <link54>
and commercial knowledge systems that meet these goals.