The document discusses the concept of hypertext, which was pioneered by Vannevar Bush in 1945 and allows non-sequential reading and writing through links connecting words, sentences, and other media types between electronic documents. Hypermedia is similar to hypertext but allows linking of different media types beyond just text. Some advantages of hypertext include ease of tracing references, creating new references, and information structuring, while a challenge is potential disorientation from not knowing one's location in the network or how to navigate to a desired location. The document outlines several applications of hypertext such as in business, personal learning, education, and language learning due to its interactive and flexible capabilities.

2. Concept of Text The concept of hypertext was initially pioneered by Bush,who is known as the “grandfather” of hypertext, in 1945.Modern computers, furthermore, allow us to expand the notion of text to include not only texts and pictures as in printed texts, but also sound, music, animation and video insingle hypertext system.

3. What is Hypertext?In general sense, hypertext means non-sequential reading and writing. A hypertext system allows a user to link information together, thereby creating trails through associated materials. A link connects words or Sentences in one electronic document to relate information in another document. Look at figure 1 : Contents ABC

4. Hypertext and Hypermedia As a matter of fact, hypermedia is similar to hypertext. the only distinction is that instead of linking just text, users can link to other media, such as graphic, video, spreadsheet, animation as well as sound. In short, usersof hypermedia systems can link together information of any media type provided by current technology.

5. Advantages of Hypertext ease of tracing references

6. Ease of creating new references

7. Information structuring

8. Global views

9. Customized documents

10. Modularity of information