HyperCard

HyperCard is a software application and development kit for Apple Macintosh and Apple IIGS computers. It is among the first successful hypermedia systems predating the World Wide Web.

Key facts

Software.name: HyperCard
Software.logo: Logo of Apple HyperCard.svg
Software.author: Bill Atkinson
Software.developer: Apple Computer
Software.discontinued: yes
Software.latest release version: 2.4.1
Software.programming language: Apple Pascal
Software.operating system: Macintosh: System 6, System 7, Mac OS 8, Mac OS 9Apple IIGS: GS/OS 5 and 6
Software.platform: Macintosh, Apple IIGS
Software.language: English
Software.genre: Hypermedia, software development
Software.license: Proprietary

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inception: 1987-00-00
software version identifier: 2.4.1
dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 2004-00-00
user manual URL: archive.org/details/Hyper_Card_Power/page/n39/mode/2up
Commons category: HyperCard
publication date: 1987-00-00

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Contents

Overview
Design
HyperTalk
Externals
History
Development
Launch
HyperCard 2.0
HyperCard 3.0
Applications
Exploits
Reception
Legacy
World Wide Web
Similar systems
See also
References
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HyperCard is a software application and development kit for Apple Macintosh and Apple IIGS computers. It is among the first successful hypermedia systems predating the World Wide Web.

HyperCard combines a flat-file database with a graphical, flexible, user-modifiable interface. HyperCard includes a built-in programming language called HyperTalk for manipulating data and the user interface.