old media analogy:
library

comments:
+ many-to-many = a world library to which anyone can contribute
+ automation = instantaneously searchable
subsumes the terms "hypertext" and "non-linear"

examples:

• bible online, dictionary.com, Project Gutenberg
  (database, automation)
• amazon [search inside the book], internet movie database
  (database, automation)
• search engines
  (database, automation)
• search engine image search
  (database, automation, multimedia)

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