hypertext /ˈhaɪpəɹˌtɛkst/ noun2 •Digital text in which the reader may navigate related information through embedded hyperlinks.We do not read hypertext the same way we read a novel, and browsing the Web is a different experience from reading a book or newspaper. — 2009 •A hypertext document.A hypertext system, then, is a memex-like device for creating and manipulating hypertexts, both for on-line browsing, and for reducing selected portions of such texts to . . — 1969 formshypertexts