"cybertext" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: cybertexts [plural]
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. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|cyber|text}} cyber- + text Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} cybertext (countable and uncountable, plural cybertexts)
  1. (countable, uncountable) Text on a computer, particularly hypertext Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-cybertext-en-noun-PidL1YTL
  2. (countable, uncountable) Text on a computer, particularly hypertext
    (uncountable) Mutually interactive, technologically enhanced text as described by Aarseth.
    Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-cybertext-en-noun-1ulaxFN3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with cyber- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with cyber-: 17 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: hypertext

Inflected forms

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