Glossary of "Hypertext Terms"
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- anchor
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From Hypertext Terms (1995-04-15)
An area within a the content of a
node
which is the source or destination of a
link
. The anchor may be the whole
of the node content. Typically, clicking a mouse on an anchor area
causes the link to be followed, leaving the anchor at the opposite
end of the link displayed. Anchors tend to be highlighted in a
special way (always, or when the mouse is over them), or
represented by a special symbol. An anchor may, and often does,
correspond to the whole node. (also sometimes known as "span",
"region", "button", or "extent").
- annotation
-
From Hypertext Terms (1995-04-15)
The linking of a new commentary
node
to an existing node. If readers can annotate
nodes, then they can immediately provide feedback if the
information is misleading, out of date or plain wrong. Thus the
quality of the information in the
web
can be improved.
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- authoring
-
From Hypertext Terms (1995-04-15)
A term for the process of writing a document. "Authoring" seems
to have come into use in order to emphasise that document
production involved more than just writing.
- back link
-
From Hypertext Terms (1995-04-15)
A link in one direction implied from the existence of an
explicit limk in the other direction. See:
Building
back-links
- browser
-
From Hypertext Terms (1995-04-15)
A program which allows a
person
to read
hypertext
. The browser gives some means of
viewing the contents of
nodes
,
and of
navigating
from
one node to another.
- button
-
From Hypertext Terms (1995-04-15)
An
anchor
which is the
source of a
link
. Often, but
not always, represented on screen to look like a push-button.
- card
-
From Hypertext Terms (1995-04-15)
An alternative term for a
node
in a system (e.g. HyperCard, Notecards) in
which the node size is limited to a single page of a limited
size.
- client
-
From Hypertext Terms (1995-04-15)
A program which requests services of another program. Normally,
the
browser
is a client of
a data server.
- cyberspace
-
From Hypertext Terms (1995-04-15)
This is the "electronic" world as perceived on a computer
screen, the term is often used in opposition to the "real" world.
With Web-extensions like
VRML
and the
Cyberspace Protocol, Virtual Reality will one day come to your home
computer.
- daemon
-
From Hypertext Terms (1995-04-15)
A program which runs independently of, for example the
browser
. Daemons may perform
various management tasks such as
building indexes
,
overviews, and
back-links
.
Under unix, "daemon" is used for "
server
", because servers normally run
independently.
- database
-
From Hypertext Terms (1995-04-15)
We have used this vaguely as a term for a collection of
nodes
. We imagine management
information for one of these being kept in one place and all being
accessible by the same
server
.
Links
outside this are "external", and those
inside are "internal". We do not imply anything about how the
information shored be stored.
- document
-
From Hypertext Terms (1995-04-15)
A term for a
node
on some
systems (eg Intermedia). Sometimes used by others as a term for a
collection of nodes on related topics, possible stored or
distributed as one. The prefered term in W3 documentation.
- domain
-
From Hypertext Terms (1995-04-15)
We have used this specifically for a unit of protection. It
could possibly correspond to a
database
, and in that case would be a better
(less vague) term for it.
- external
-
From Hypertext Terms (1995-04-15)
- host
-
From Hypertext Terms (1995-04-15)
A computer on a network. We use this term rather than the term
"
node
" which is often used
for a document in a hypertext
web
.
- hypermedia
-
From Hypertext Terms (1995-04-15)
MultiMedia
Hypertext
. HyperMedia and HyperText tend to be used loosely in place of each
other. Media other than text typically include graphics, sound, and
video.
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- hypertext
-
From Hypertext Terms (1995-04-15)
Text which is not constrained to be linear.
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- index
-
From Hypertext Terms (1995-04-15)
Something which points at other data; a server facility which
provides pointers to particular data as a function of a query; a
table of contents of a book in hypertext form. (
More
).
- internal
-
From Hypertext Terms (1995-04-15)
- link
-
From Hypertext Terms (1995-04-15)
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