Hypertext - the creation of computer networks of interlinked texts - is rapidly becoming a feature of everyday life, as commonplace and unremarkable as electronic banking. Handling the increasing volumes of data generated by postindustrial society, it offers a new, computerized means of processing and utilizing information which differs radically from previous linear modes of storing and accessing knowledge. Hypertext is a means of cognitive linkage, which allows the user to move from one disparate…
