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The notion of hypertext has to do mainly with the computer field, despite the fact that the word seems to refer to written texts. We can describe hypertext as one of the possible phenomena that are generated in the computing space when one virtual space leads to another through a link or link.

The notion of hypertext is precisely related to that of generating a variety important of texts and sub-texts from a link or a connection of computer links. In this way, hypertext allows us to access different interfaces of text on various problems or issues that are related to each other but that may or may not be more specific according to our interests and needs. Hypertext, in addition to containing text, can lead to Username to images, tables and graphs simply from the access through the specific link.

The term hypertext was used for the first time in 1965 by Ted Nelson, an American philosopher who devoted himself to the study and analysis of the communication in different spaces and supports. In any case, the first meanings of the word hypertext had to do more than anything with the possibility of connecting ideas and references even in the most traditional supports. However, with the passage of time and the advancement of large (and increasingly complex technologies), the notion of hypertext was specifically adapted to the communicational transformations generated by the herself.

Normally, the hypertext phenomenon is understood to be comparable to that of a tree and its infinite ramifications. This is so because the number of connections between ideas, references and topics is almost infinite, especially since the development and growth of a medium as endless as it is Internet. The correct use of references and links can become a very helpful element in many areas, not only of communication but also of investigation.