hyperlink
Web page bridge
A hyperlink is a reference in a digital document that, when clicked or tapped, takes you to another location—either elsewhere in the same document or to an entirely different webpage or file.
The term combines hyper (suggesting extended capability beyond ordinary text) with link (a connection).
Hyperlinks are the fundamental navigational mechanism of the World Wide Web, typically appearing as underlined or colored text.
Click the hyperlink to access the full report.
As a verb, to hyperlink is to create such a connection.
Line beneath text
- visitedWent to see someone
- unvisitedNot yet gone to
- buttonDisc through a hole
- call-to-actionUrging audience response
clickable · affordance · tooltip · rollover · accessibility · ARIA · screen-reader
Brief sharp noise
- browseSurvey without intent
- navigateGuide through terrain
- followGo behind another
- jumpPropel oneself airborne
redirect · bookmark · forward · breadcrumb · sitemap · menu · tab · cursor
Mention of a source
- cross-referenceNotation pointing elsewhere
- footnoteCitation at page bottom
- sourcePoint of origin
- annotationAdded explanatory comment
bibliography · endnote · backlink · permalink · canonical · attribution · index · trackback
underline
Line beneath text
call-to-action · clickable · affordance · tooltip · rollover · accessibility · ARIA · screen-reader
click
Brief sharp noise
jump · redirect · bookmark · forward · breadcrumb · sitemap · menu · tab · cursor · pointer
citation
Mention of a source
- cross-referenceNotation pointing elsewhere
- footnoteCitation at page bottom
- sourcePoint of origin
annotation · bibliography · endnote · backlink · permalink · canonical · attribution · index · trackback · pingback
URL
Web location identifier
anchor · href · target · absolute · relative · fragment · slug · URI · protocol · domain
webpage
Single online document
PageRank · spam · phishing · affiliate · referral · traffic · click-through · analytics · crawler · spider
- hyper-hyperbole, hypertension, hyperventilate, hypersensitive, hyperfocus
- internetinternet, websites, web, browsers, web browsers
- computer termsbit, byte, binary, cursor, click
- tech termsinternet, code, emoji, wireless, email
- word processingword processor, WordPerfect, text editor, Microsoft Word, copy
- digital thingsavatar, chatbot, AI assistant, virtual pet, NPC
hyperlinkplain text
Unencoded readable characters
dead link · broken link · dead end · body text · closed system
hyperlinkfootnote
Citation at page bottom
endnote · citation · cross-reference · page number · see also