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HYPERLINK

The definition of a hyperlink is text

or an image within a file on your

computer that you can click on that

gives access to another document or

image. Words on a website that are

underlined and highlighted in blue

and that you can click on in order to open a new web page are

an example of a hyperlink.

Hyperlinks are the primary method used to navigate between pages and

Web sites. Links can point to other web pages, web sites, graphics, files,

sounds, e-mail addresses, and other locations on the same web page.

When text is used as a hyperlink, it is usually underlined and appears as

a different color.

Different types of hyperlinks there are three types of links that can be

used in a web page: relative, and site root relative, and absolute. Which

one is correct to use depends on the location of the page to which it links.