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Name	HyperCard Stack
Version
Other names	Stack
Identifiers	Library of Congress Format Description Identifier: fdd000537 PUID: fmt/1490
Family
Classification	Database
Disclosure
Description	HyperCard Stack is a legacy file format used with the HyperCard application software. HyperCard was developed by Bill Atkinson for use on Apple Macintosh and Apple IIGS computers and was first released by Apple in 1987. Atkinson created HyperCard as a tool that non-programmers could use to write their own computer applications. The HyperCard program stored information in documents referred to as stacks. Each HyperCard stack consisted of related cards, which could contain text, images, interactive elements, and sound. individual cards within the stack to each other and that played various sounds as the user clicked them. The structure of HyperCard was based conceptually on physical card-filing systems, like Rolodex, or a flat-file database that used hyperlinks as navigation. HyperCard Stacks typically lack a format extension.
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Related file formats	None.
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Developed by	None.
Supported by	None.
Source	Library of Congress / Library of Congress
Source date	24 Oct 2021
Source description	Additionally submitted by National Library of New Zealand
Last updated	24 Oct 2021
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