Hypertext, sometimes also called hyperlinking, is a technique for organizing and retrieving related, but not necessarily sequential, pieces of electronic information called hyperlinks. Hyperlinks are preset or user-created cross-references that allow a user to "link" (quickly move) from one electronic document to another. More specifically, these links go from a particular location on a web page or document to another particular location on a web page or document. The act of linking often gives the hypertext document a look of being "interactive" as the user actively jumps back and forth from page to page. When a particular hyperlink is selected, whatever it is linked to will appear on the screen. For example, while reading an electronic encyclopedia article about the discovery of gold in California in 1849 the Internet user might "click" on the bolded word "gold" to display a web page that describes the properties and characteristics of...