noun. Digital text that contains hyperlinks to other texts.

noun. Digital text in which the reader may navigate related information through embedded hyperlinks.

noun. A hypertext document.

noun. machine-readable text that is not sequential but is organized so that related items of information are connected

"Postmodern scholars typically use the term hypertext to illustrate how a creative work is an amalgam of various sources and inspirations and how the work itself inspires endless new avenues of exploration for the reader, viewer, or, in this case, the player."

hyperlink  

HTML  HTTP  Hypertext Markup Language  Hypertext Transfer Protocol  

machine-readable text  

adrenaline-filled  anddistribution  aspx  chain-of-custody  client/server  

non-linear text