hyperlink

hyperlink
1. noun
a) A link from one electronic document to another that can be triggered by the user.
b) An area on a web page that can be triggered, usually by clicking, to cause another document to load in the browser.
See Also: hypertext
2. verb
a) To point to another document by a hyperlink.

Their Web page hyperlinks to your Web site.

b) To add a hyperlink to a document.

One valuable thing a blogger often does is hyperlink to magazine and newspaper stories or other interesting blogs, she says.


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