Posted by Mark Parnell on 08/12/05 02:32

Previously in alt.html, JohnW <john@johnwfa.com> said:

> What, if any, is the difference between a link and a hyperlink?

The letters h-y-p-e-r. ;-)

Seriously though - in what context? On a web page?

IMO *hyperlinks* would be the links on a page that you follow to get to
another file (e.g. another web page, image, video, etc.). *Links* are
any link at all to another file - this includes hyperlinks, but would
also include things like <link> elements - to stylesheets and
next/previous page etc. Can't think of any other examples off the top of
my head, but I'm sure there are plenty.

HTH

BTW: Your .sig delimiter is broken. It should be two dashes then a
space, not three dashes.

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Mark Parnell
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