hyperlink
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A hyperlink is a clickable element in digital documents (typically shown as colored or underlined text) that connects to another document or location when you click on it. Hyperlinks matter because they allow you to navigate between related information across the web and within documents, making it easy to explore topics without manually searching for each new page.
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- Links
- Inline links
- Fat links
- Uses in various technologies
- HTML
- XLink
- Permalinks
- File based hyperlinks
- Internet shortcut (.url){{Anchor|URL|Internet Shortcut}} file
- macOS .webloc file{{Anchor|WEBLOC}}
- Linux Freedesktop.org .desktop file
- link.html file {{Anchor|link.html}}
- How hyperlinks work in HTML
- Link behavior in web browsers
- History
- Legal issues
- See also
- References
- Further reading
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In computing, a hyperlink, or simply a link, is a digital reference providing direct access to data by a user's clicking or tapping. A hyperlink points to a whole document or to a specific element within a document. Hypertext is text with hyperlinks. The text that is linked from is known as 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.