English Explanatory Dictionary

cybertext

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Text on a computer, particularly hypertext
  2. Mutually interactive, technologically enhanced text as described by Aarseth.

Word forms

cybertext cybertexts

Etymology

From 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.

Related words

hypertext
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