hyperlink
verbEtymology From hyper- + link, or a blend of hypertext + link.
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Of a hypertext document To point to another document by a hyperlink.
- Their Web page hyperlinks to your Web site.2001, Barbara Notarius, Gail Sforza Brewer, Open Your Own Bead & Breakfast, 4th edition, John Wiley and Sons, page 165:
2
To add a hyperlink to a document.
- One valuable thing a blogger often does is hyperlink to magazine and newspaper stories or other interesting blogs, she says.2004 April 15, Gregory M. Lamb, “Blogs: Here to Stay - With Changes”, in Christian Science Monitor:
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To use a hyperlink to jump to a document.
- Indeed, what consumers will see on a Web site is likely to vary depending on the point or Web page at which they access the Web site, how many pages they “hyperlink” through when reviewing the site, and how much of the page containing the disclosure is displayed by consumers' Web browsers without requiring additional scrolling.1999, John Graubert, Jill Coleman, “Consumer Protection and Antitrust Enforcement at the Speed of Light: The FTC Meets the Internet”, in Canada–United States Law Journal, volume 25, page 275:
- Derived terms
- hyperlinkable, nonhyperlinked