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Hyperlink, Hypertext

The HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol) preface of Web site URLs is the protocol that sends commands from your browser to a Web site's server to "read" the requested Web page. A hyperlink is a word, phrase, or image that, when clicked on, "sends" users to another document (text, sound, image, movie). Clues for links include underlined words, images featuring a color border, and a cursor turning into a hand when moused over. Hypertext refers to a collection of hyperlink-laden documents that don't necessarily have to be read in a linear fashion (the "story" is different depending on which links you choose to follow).

Related Terms: URL, browser, cursor

   
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GIF, Animated GIF
GUI (Graphical User Interface)
Hacker, Cracker
Homepage
Html (Hypertext Markup Language)
Hyperlink, Hypertext
Icon
Interface
Internet, Intranet
ISP (Internet Service Provider)
Java
JavaScript
JPEG
Mailing List, Listserv
Mailto
Modem
Mouse
Netiquette
Newsgroup, Usenet
Plug-in

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