Hyperlink vs Linky - What's the difference?
hyperlink | linky |
Some text or a graphic in an electronic document that can be activated to display another document or trigger an action.
An address, URL, or program that defines a hyperlink's function.
(of a hypertext document) To point to another document by a hyperlink.
* 2001 , Barbara Notarius and Gail Sforza Brewer, Open Your Own Bead & Breakfast , 4th ed, John Wiley and Sons, p 165:
To add a hyperlink to a document.
* 2004 , Gregory M. Lamb, “
To use a hyperlink to jump to a document.
* 1999 , John Graubert and Jill Coleman, “Consumer Protection and Antitrust Enforcement at the Speed of Light: The FTC Meets the Internet” in Canada–United States Law Journal , v 25, p 275:
(informal) Of or pertaining to hyperlinks.
* 2008 , Dori Smith, Dreamweaver CS4 for Windows and Macintosh (page 68)
As a noun hyperlink
is some text or a graphic in an electronic document that can be activated to display another document or trigger an action.As a verb hyperlink
is to point to another document by a hyperlink.As an adjective linky is
of or pertaining to hyperlinks.hyperlink
English
Noun
(en noun)- Click the hyperlink to go to the next page.
- Copy the hyperlink and paste it into an email.
Verb
(en verb)- Their Web page hyperlinks to your Web site.
Blogs: Here to Stay - With Changes” in Christian Science Monitor , April 15, 2004.
- One valuable thing a blogger often does is hyperlink to magazine and newspaper stories or other interesting blogs, she says.
- 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.
linky
English
Adjective
(-)- You'll see how to add links to either text or graphics and lots of other linky goodness.
