HTML stands for Hypertext Markup Language, and provides the backbone for the biggest websites on the internet.

HTML The most widely used hypertext format today is HTML. A simple click of the mouse in a Web browser branches to a different page.

LITERARY HYPERTEXT RESOURCES ON THE WEB The World Wide Web is filled with examples of both literary hypertext itself and experts commenting on the amorphous art form.

Historians of technology often cite Bush’s essay as the conceptual forerunner of the Web. And hypertext pioneers like Douglas Engelbart, Ted Nelson, and Tim Berners-Lee have all acknowledged ...