Non sequential electronic writing

Theodore Nelson was defining hypertext as non sequential electronic writing that contained links that are controlled by the reader.

Nelson's definition of hypertext can be considered an almost pure one. It carries only the essential elements of linking and reader control. It carries with it non of the other values that a number of the other definitions in his essays carry. The important element in this definition is "electronic" and "reader controlled." Though some theorists talk about hypertextual thinking, it is important to remember that, though the kind of thinking that happens during the hypertext reading and writing processes may be as old as human cognition, hypertext requires at least a computer. And it works even better when there is a network of computers involved.

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