HyperCard
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HyperCard was an early Apple software tool for the Macintosh that let users create interactive, hyperlinked “stacks” of cards, often cited as a precursor to the modern web and hypermedia systems.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| HyperCard canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
application development environment
ⓘ
hypermedia authoring tool ⓘ software ⓘ |
| announcedAt | Macworld Expo Boston 1987 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developer |
Apple Computer
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bill Atkinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discontinuationReason | shift toward other development and web technologies ⓘ |
| discontinued | true ⓘ |
| discontinuedBy | Apple Computer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributionModel | bundled with Macintosh computers ⓘ |
| firstPublicReleaseYear | 1987 ⓘ |
| genre |
hypermedia
ⓘ
multimedia authoring ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
card editor
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script editor ⓘ stack file format ⓘ |
| includedWith |
Macintosh II
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Macintosh SE NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
LiveCode
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Macromedia Director NERFINISHED ⓘ MetaCard NERFINISHED ⓘ Revolution ⓘ SuperCard NERFINISHED ⓘ educational multimedia authoring ⓘ hypermedia systems ⓘ the World Wide Web NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| initialReleaseDate | 1987-08-11 ⓘ |
| license | proprietary software ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
card-and-stack document model
ⓘ
integration of graphics, text, and interaction ⓘ natural-language-like scripting syntax ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Classic Mac OS
NERFINISHED
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Macintosh System Software NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| platform | Apple Macintosh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precursorTo |
hypermedia navigation models
ⓘ
modern web authoring ⓘ |
| primaryInterfaceMetaphor | stack of cards ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | HyperTalk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptingLanguage | HyperTalk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supports |
bitmapped graphics
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buttons ⓘ external commands (XCMDs) ⓘ external functions (XFCNs) ⓘ fields ⓘ hyperlinks between cards ⓘ scripting ⓘ |
| targetUserGroup |
educators
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end-user programmers ⓘ multimedia authors ⓘ |
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