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Hyperlink

A hyperlink is an element in an HTML document that links to either another portion of the document or to another
document altogether. On webpages, hyperlinks are usually colored purple or blue and are sometimes underlined.
Hyperlinks can assume any of the following appearances:

Text

Images

URLs

Controls (for example, a button)

Anchor text is a type of hyperlink represented by plain text. Anchor text is very important in
SEO (search engine optimization).

Book Marks

Bookmarks are links to web pages that make it easy to get back to your favorite places. While using most
browsers, pressing Ctrl+D will bookmark the page you are viewing. In Microsoft Internet Explorer, bookmarks are
referred to as favorites.

This article covers the basics of making and managing Firefox bookmarks.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/bookmarks-firefox#w_how-do-i-bookmark-a-page

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/bookmarks-firefox#w_how-do-i-find-my-bookmarks

Cookies

Cookies are files on your computer that begin their life when you visit a website. They store bits of information
about your interactions with the website. A cookie is created on your first visit and then checked on repeat visits by
the website that made it.

For example, have you ever closed your web browser, re-opened it, and saw that you the website didn’t sign you
out? This was possible via the power of cookies. The cookie for the website remembered your login information
and used it to log you back in quickly.

How Do Cookies Affect You?

A login screen representing what information a cookie stores.

For the most part, cookies are not harmful. They’re just another protocol used on the internet to facilitate
communication between users and servers. Cookies cannot carry viruses or malware, nor can they transfer
malicious programs to other users.