hyperlinked

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Hyperlinked describes text or an image that contains a clickable link to another location—typically a webpage, document, or section within a document.

The term comes from hypertext, the system of cross-referenced digital content that underlies the web.

The hyperlinked words appeared in blue.

Something not yet linked can be hyperlinked: I hyperlinked the citations to their sources.

internet

URL

Web location identifier

HTML · HTTP · HTTPS · hypermedia · embed · redirect · inline · SEO · metadata · pingback

navigation

breadcrumbs

Dried, crushed loaf pieces

click · tab · pathway · node · jump · portal · index · contents · routing

reference

citation

Mention of a source

annotation · source · bibliography · glossary · appendix · attribution · indexed · cited · documented · scholarly

interconnected

network

Interconnected system

  • meshInterlocking open weave
  • webInterwoven filament structure
  • interwovenLaced through one another

connected · networked · threaded · mapped · relational · associative · nonlinear · branching

Categories
Opposites
digital interactivity

hyperlinkedunlinked

Not joined together

nonhyperlinked · static · plain text · unclickable · inactive

textual format

hyperlinkedplain

Basic and unremarkable

unformatted · raw text · flat · unmarked · hardcopy

digital vs analog format

hyperlinkedprinted

Transferred to paper

hardcopy · on paper · offline · analog · physical

Family

hyperlinks, hyperlink, hyperlinking

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G