Communication · 1965
Hypertext
Ted Nelson coins a word for text that links to other text.
Ted Nelson introduced the term hypertext in 1965, and Douglas Engelbart's 1968 'Mother of All Demos' showed linked documents, a mouse and shared editing. Clickable links between documents became the organising principle of the World Wide Web.
What it built on 2
What it led to 1
Related measurements
The dashed line marks when it first worked.
Internet users in the United States Latest: 322M people (2024) Source: Our World in Data