Hyperwords

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{{Infobox Software

|bodystyle = width:28em

| name = Hyperwords

| logo = 150px

| screenshot =

| caption = Selecting text, then pointing to the icon results in the Hyperwords menu appearing.

| developer = The Liquid Information Company

| released = {{release date and age|2006|01|24}}

| programming language = JavaScript

| operating system = Cross-platform

| language = English

| discontinued = yes

| latest release version = 9.11.1-signed.1-signed

| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2012|04|26|df=yes}}

| genre = Add-on for Mozilla Firefox, Flock, Google Chrome, and Safari

| license =

| website = [http://www.liquid.info/ liquid.info]

}}

Hyperwords or liquid information refers to text that can be sent to programs or services (such as emails, dictionaries, online translators) through a simple set of commands. It is a selection-based interface which can be used for references, searches, blogging, emailing, copying, conversions and language translation.

The project grew out of a research project at University College London. It was taken on by The Hyperwords Company, renamed to The Liquid Information Company in 2012, where it was then developed and maintained from its London, UK offices until its dissolution in 2014.[http://www.liquid.info/company.html Liquid Information Company information webpage] Frode Hegland was the head of the company. The original development of Liquid (OS X) was by Daoxin Z. in China, followed by Konstantin R. (TIANI Studio) in Poland and Zuzex in Russia.

The company's advisory board included Douglas Engelbart, Ted Nelson, Vint Cerf, Dave Farber, Bruce Horn and Douglas Rushkoff.[http://www.hyperwords.net Liquid OS X]