hyperlink

[hahy-per-lingk] /ˈhaɪ pərˌlɪŋk/
noun
1.
link1 (def 7).
verb (used with object)
2.
to create hyperlinks in or to:
an extensively hyperlinked document.
verb (used without object)
3.
to follow a hyperlink:
From their Web page, you can hyperlink to employment sites.
Origin
1990-95
Examples from the web for hyperlink
  • 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.
  • Step through a door and hyperlink to another room, or explore a surrealistic dimension.
  • If you have already posted something to that, put the hyperlink out there.
  • The messages also included a hyperlink to a website operated by organizers of the protest.
  • Whoever invented the hyperlink didn't invent distraction itself.
  • Another key technique exploited anchor text, the words that make up the actual hyperlink connecting one page to another.
  • Clicking on that hyperlink leads to a page showing several countries.
  • Can you send me the hyperlink to this fantastic news.
British Dictionary definitions for hyperlink

hyperlink

/ˈhaɪpəˌlɪŋk/
noun
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
verb
2.
(transitive) to link (files) in this way
Often shortened to link
Word Origin and History for hyperlink
n.

by 1987, from hyper- + link (n.).

hyperlink in Science
hyperlink
  (hī'pər-lĭngk')   
See link.
hyperlink in Culture

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.

hyperlink in Technology


hypertext link