Hypertext is a type of clickable text that is available on a computer or electronic device. Clicking on that text, also known as a hyperlink, will bring the user to another internet page, file, website, or more.
Hypertext first appeared publicly in 1968, but it’s first application was in 1978. in 1987, it made it’s first appearance in an operating system, and began to appear on the World Wide Web in 1987.