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hyperlink

[ hahy-per-lingk ]

  1. to create digital connections between web pages or between elements on web pages using hypertext, or to have such links on or to a web page or electronic document:

    an extensively hyperlinked document.

  1. to have, establish, or follow a connection from one web page or one object to another: I want to hyperlink from the table of contents to the specific articles in the newsletter.

    The app hyperlinks to content from social media feeds.

    I want to hyperlink from the table of contents to the specific articles in the newsletter.

    From their web page, you can hyperlink to employment sites.

hyperlink

/ ˈhaɪpəˌlɪŋk /

  1. a word, phrase, picture, icon, etc, in a computer document on which a user may click to move to another part of the document or to another document
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


  1. tr to link (files) in this way
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

hyperlink

/ pər-lĭngk′ /

  1. See link


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Word History and Origins

Origin of hyperlink1

First recorded in 1990–95; hyper- ( def ) + link 1 (in the computer sense)
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Example Sentences

This data set, named WebText, contains “over 8 million documents for a total of 40 GB of text” sourced from hyperlinks.

Internal links are hyperlinks that point to a different web page on the same domain.

“Rage clicks” are when users repeatedly click on a section of the page, presumably because they think there’s a hyperlink there when there actually isn’t.

Too many hyperlinks, text that is difficult to read against backgrounds, images that take too long to load, and pages with blocks of content in strange places are all examples of bad website design.

It’s not just about hyperlinks — it’s about building relationships and providing value.

For example, an Obama campaign official posting ended up on Arabic Facebook, complete with a hyperlink to a donation page.

On Facebook, down beneath the original post, right there next to the time stamp, lies a hyperlink that reads, "Report Note."

Page 249, reference to Mill: there is no such article; the article Sugar has a part on mills, to which the hyperlink points.

A hyperlink has also been provided, linking each of these games to its PGN format.

In some cases the hyperlink will point to the first of a number of illustrations listed under a single name.

Hyperlink cross-references are provided to pages in this volume only.

Larger images of fulls-page maps are available by using the hyperlink added to the caption.

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