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Everything about Hyperlink

Method of referencing visual computer data

In computing, a hyperlink, or simply a link, is a digital reference providing direct access to data by a user's clicking or tapping. A hyperlink points to a whole document or to a specific element within a document. Hypertext is text with hyperlinks. The text that is linked from is known as anchor text. A software system that is used for viewing and creating hypertext is a hypertext system, and to create a hyperlink is to hyperlink. A user following hyperlinks is said to navigate or browse the hypertext. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: HyperlinkA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: Identification of Asymmetric DDoS Attacks at Layer 7 with Idle HyperlinkInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: The Hyperlinked SocietyThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Automatic resource compilation by analyzing hyperlink structure and associated textCited 270 times
  5. Go sideways: HTML elementA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: HTMLA closely related topic

📖 Definitions

Noun Some text or a graphic in an electronic document that can be activated to display another document or trigger an action.

Noun The URL or other address that defines a hyperlink's target or function.

Verb To point to another document by a hyperlink.

Verb To add a hyperlink to a document.

🗂️ The subject at a glance

  1. Links
  2. Uses in various technologies
  3. How hyperlinks work in HTML
  4. History
  5. Legal issues

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

🆕 Influential since 2022

📚 Books worth reading

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

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