cybertext

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Definition of cybertext in English English dictionary

text on a computer, particularly hypertext

mutually interactive, technologically enhanced text as described by Aareth

A specific example of cybertext

Etymology

() cyber- +‎ text, Perhaps popularised by Espen J. Aarseth's 1997 "Cybertext: Perspectives on Ergodic Literature"; though "The Cybertext Corporation" existed in Arcata in the 1980s. * 1997, Espen J. Aarseth, Cybertext: Perspectives on Ergodic Literature:Cybertext is a neologism derived from Norbert Wiener's book (and discipline) called Cybernetics, and subtitled Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine (1948)