Hyperlinks
A hyperlink is a pointer from a World Wide Web page to another file on the World Wide Web. The destination of the hyperlink is most often another World Wide Web page, but it can also be a multimedia file or even a program.
Hyperlinks are embedded directly in text or images on a page, and they give textual or graphical cues about where they lead. For example, a text hyperlink from the phrase “Microsoft FrontPage” and an image hyperlink from the Microsoft FrontPage logo both would indicate that the hyperlink goes to a page describing Microsoft FrontPage.
Web browsers usually underline text hyperlinks and display them in a specific color. Hyperlinks in images are usually invisible. However, users can tell when the pointer is over a hyperlink because it changes appearance, usually to a pointing hand.
When a user clicks on a hyperlink to a page, the browser gets the page from the correct server and displays it. When a user clicks a hyperlink to another type of file, the browser gets the file from the server and opens it in an associated program. For example, most Web browsers open WAV files in a sound-playback application.
