Relative and Absolute Relative Absolute

 In web-page design, a hyperlink (or link) is a reference to a document that the reader can directly follow, or that is followed automatically.  The reference points to a whole document or to a specific element within a document.

Hypertext is text with hyperlinks. Such text is usually viewed with a computer. To hyperlink (or simply to link) is to create a hyperlink. A user following hyperlinks is said to navigate or browse the hypertext.

 A hyperlink has an anchor (tag ), which is a location within a document from which the hyperlink can be followed; that document is known as its source document.  The target of a hyperlink is the document, or location within a document, that the hyperlink leads to.  The user can follow the link by activating it in some way (often, by touching it or clicking on it.)

 The most common example of hypertext today is the World Wide Web:World Wide Web  webpages contain hyperlinks to webpages.  There are two basic types of hyperlink paths Relative Absolute

 Relative  Does not specify the entire URL  Specifies a path from the current page to another page  Used to link to web pages on the same site.  Absolute  Contains the complete URL  Used to link to web pages on other sites.

 Link  Visited  Roll Over/Hover  Active  Usually underlined with blue text  Usually a dark red text  Text or Underline changes in some way  Usually in a dark red text

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