cybertext

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cybertext

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From cyber- + text, perhaps popularised by Espen J. Aarseth's 1997 "Cybertext: Perspectives on Ergodic Literature"; though "The Cybertext Corporation" existed in Arcata in the 1980s.

noun cybertexts

countable, uncountable Text on a computer, particularly hypertext The sense of mystory^([sic]) opens up for academics the conceptual space of allowing students a singular journey through a cybertext.
uncountable Mutually interactive, technologically enhanced text as described by Aarseth. Procedural and generative cybertext work undermines the concept of authorship and encourages the discussion about 'cyborg authorship'

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@misc{cybertext_2026,
  title = {cybertext},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cybertext},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}