Hypertext:

According to Katherine Hayles hypertexts can appear in the media of both print and the computer.  What defines a hypertext are three central characteristics: "multiple reading paths; text that is chunked together in some way [as lexia on the computer]; and some kind of linking mechanism that connects the chunks together so as to create multiple reading paths."[1]

link: any text or graphic that, when clicked on, takes you to another web page either within the site ("inlinks") or to other Web sites, i.e., pages outside it ("outlinks").

lexia: any window that pops up when you click on a link containing scraps of text, no matter how large. Samples from Talan Memmott, Lexia to Perplexia:

 

 

 

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[1]"The Transformation of Narrative and the Materiality of Hypertext," Narrative 9.1 (2001): 21-39, 21.