When most people read hypertext, they automatically think about computers, because they think that hypertext would not exist if it not where by computers. But that is not the case. According to Prof. Mongar, Hypertext is just text that links to other text or hypermedia (images, videos or sounds). If that is the case then hypertext exist even before computers. A lot of books like encyclopedias, dictionaries, novels and even the Bible use small reference numbers that send you to footnotes, endnotes or even other pages. Is not that what hypertext is all about? …
