Since hyper- generally means "above, beyond", hypertext is something that's gone beyond the limitations of ordinary text. Thus, unlike the text in a book, hypertext permits you, by clicking with a mouse, to immediately access text in one of millions of different electronic sources.

Hyper Text: HyperText simply means "Text within Text." A text has a link within it, is a hypertext. Whenever you click on a link which brings you to a new webpage, you have clicked on a hypertext. HyperText is a way to link two or more web pages (HTML documents) with each other.

Hypertext refers to text containing links to other text or media, enhancing navigation and information retrieval. Hyperlinks are the actual links embedded in hypertext, directing users to different sections, pages, or resources.

Hypertext is text that is non-linear in structure and contains references to other text or content through the use of a net structure. These references are usually implemented via hyperlinks.

While hypertext is a system of links pointing to other pieces of text which may or may not be of the same subject area, hypermedia is a generalization of this concept: the links can point to other media as well.