Hypermedia is a term used as a logical extension of the term hypertext, in which audio, video, plain text, and non-linear hyperlinks intertwine to create a generally non-linear medium of information. This contrasts with multimedia, which, although often capable of random access in terms of the physical medium, is essentially linear in nature. In computing, hypertext is a user interface paradigm for displaying documents which, according to an early definition (Nelson 1970), branch or perform on request. ... A hyperlink, or simply a link, is a reference in a hypertext document to another document or other resource. ... Multimedia is the use of several different media to convey information (text, audio, graphics, animation, video, and interactivity). ...

The World Wide Web is a classic example of hypermedia, whereas a movie on a DVD is an example of standard multimedia. Of course, the lines between the two can (and often do) blur depending on how a particular technological medium is implemented. Graphic representation of the World Wide Web around Wikipedia The World Wide Web (WWW or simply the Web) is an information space in which the items of interest, referred to as resources, are identified by global identifiers called Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs). ... Films are produced by recording actual people and objects with cameras, or by creating them using animation techniques and/or special effects. ... DVD-R writing/reading side, based on Photo DVD.jpg. ...

The first hypermedia system was the Aspen Movie Map. The Aspen Movie Map was a revolutionary hypermedia system developed at MIT by a team working with Andrew Lippman in 1978 with funding from ARPA. // Features The Aspen Movie Map allowed the user to take a virtual tour through the city of Aspen, Colorado. ...