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One of the primary reasons for the Internet was to be able to easily reference research when citing others, with an ability to directly “link” to their work.
Hyperlink
In computing, a hyperlink, or simply a link, is a reference to data that the reader can directly follow either by clicking, tapping, or hovering. A hyperlink points to a whole document or to a specific element within a document.
Hypertext
Hypertext is text with hyperlinks. The text that is linked is called anchor text. A software system that is used for viewing and creating hypertext is a hypertext system, and to create a hyperlink is to hyperlink (or simply to link). A user following hyperlinks is said to navigate or browse the hypertext. [1]
Note Link text should be specific about where the user will be going if they click a link. This means that links should not be simple text such as “Click Me!” Instead, good style would dictate that the link text be a description of the site, name, or information that informs the user.
- “Want to learn more? Click here!”
- “See this page about hyperlinks to learn more.”
With links being such a basic and historical part of the Internet, they also have a very simple tag; <a>...</a>. Any text between a hyperlink element’s tags will display as “hypertext”. Traditionally, this has been blue, underlined text, visually signifying to the user that the text is a link.
In order to link to another document, the author must include a hyper-reference attribute within the opening tag. This attribute is signified with href="".
Note # is a URL placeholder.
<a href="#">link text</a>
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