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hy·per·link

  [hahy-per-lingk] Computers.
noun
1.
link1 (def. 7).
verb (used with object)
2.
to create hyperlinks in or to: an extensively hyperlinked document.

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Hyperlink is always a great word to know.
So is browser. Does it mean:
to put a computer system together by supplying a specific computer with appropriate peripheral devices and connecting them
a software program that allows users to find and read encoded documents in a form suitable for display, such as a Web browser
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verb (used without object)
3.
to follow a hyperlink: From their Web page, you can hyperlink to employment sites.
Origin:
1990–95
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Example Sentences
  • The software automatically forwards a hyperlink that will open a tiny browser window for the display.
  • He has no computer access, and he likely has never even clicked on a hyperlink.
  • Whatever she writes that seems to lend itself to a hyperlink gets one.
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World English Dictionary
hyperlink (ˈhaɪpəˌlɪŋk)
 
—n
1.  a word, phrase, picture, icon, etc, in a computer document on which a user may click to move to another part of the document or to another document
 
—vb
2.  (tr) to link (files) in this way

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American Heritage
Science Dictionary
hyperlink   (hī'pər-lĭngk')  Pronunciation Key 
See link.
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Copyright © 2002. Published by Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved.
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Cultural Dictionary

hyperlink definition


A way of connecting different Web pages together on the Internet. A hyperlink is a word or graphic display on one Web page that allows a computer to shift to another related Web page. Also called a link.

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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FOLDOC
Computing Dictionary

hyperlink definition


hypertext link

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © Denis Howe 2010 http://foldoc.org
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