hypermedian.
/hʌɪpəˈmiːdɪə//ˈhʌɪpəmiːdɪə/ Computing.
With plural and singular agreement. A method of structuring information in different media for presentation to a single user, usually through a computing workstation, whereby related items of information are connected in the same way as in hypertext.
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1965 T. H. Nelson in Proc. 20th Nat. Conf. Assoc. Computing Machinery 96 The hyperfilm—a browsable or vari-sequenced movie—is only one of the possible hypermedia that require our attention.
1986 Computer Bull. June 22/3 What has come to be known as ‘hypertext’ or, sometimes, ‘hypermedia’, meaning a mixture of media—printed text, handwritten documents, photographs, movies and so on—linked together in associative networks.
1990 Computer Weekly 6 Sept. 40/1 Office Workstations (Owl) describes its Guide program as a hypermedia information system. It started life as a way of presenting book-like text and illustrations in a more digestible form.
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