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.

(noun)

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.

To hyperlink is defined as to create text or a picture within a file on your computer that can be clicked on to give access to another document or image.

(verb)

When a website designer sets up some words on the web page that users can click on to take them to a new page, this is an example of a hyperlink.

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See hyperlink in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a hypertext link that allows ready access to a related document, graphical image, etc.

transitive verb

  1. to join by a hyperlink
  2. to install hyperlinks in

See hyperlink in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
See link1.
verb hy·per·linked, hy·per·link·ing, hy·per·links
verb, transitive
To make a hypertext link in (an electronic document or file).
verb, intransitive
To follow a hypertext link to an electronic document or file.

Origin:

Origin: hyper(text)

Origin: + link1

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