hyperlinks

Clickable text passages

Hyperlinks are clickable connections between digital documents or locations within a document.

Clicking a hyperlink navigates you to another webpage, file, or section.

The word combines hyper- (beyond, above) with link, suggesting connections that transcend physical proximity.

Usually shortened to links: I'll send you the links.

As a verb, to hyperlink is to create such a connection: The article hyperlinks to the original study.

navigation

click

Brief sharp noise

navigation · pathway · homepage · landing page · sidebar · dropdown · tab · footer · header · sitemap

web

HTML

Web page code

browser · linking · HTTP · HTTPS · domain · embed · bookmark · website · page · online

reference

citation

Mention of a source

bibliography · annotation · endnote · index · glossary · Wikipedia · documentation · attribution · see also · further reading

seo

backlink

Incoming web citation

crawling · indexing · organic · referral · canonical

accessibility

screen reader

Program converting text to audio

  • alt textWritten substitute for visuals
  • ARIAWeb accessibility attribute standard
  • focusConcentrated attention point

underline · color contrast · assistive technology

Categories
Opposites
interactivity

hyperlinksplain text

Unencoded readable characters

hardcopy · footnotes · print media

connectivity

hyperlinksdead links

URLs reaching nonexistent pages

information architecture

hyperlinksclosed systems

Units without external exchange

footnotes · endnotes

Family

hyperlink, hyperlinking, hyperlinked

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G