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Record 1 2025-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

An electronic link providing direct access from one distinctively marked place in a hypertext or hypermedia document to another in the same or a different document.

CONT

Hyperlinks are what allow users to move from one page to a connected page on the World Wide Web. An "anchor" to the link is displayed on the page and can take the form of either text (hypertext) or multimedia (hypermedia).

Key term(s)
  • hyper link

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Internet et télématique
DEF

Lien associé à un élément d'un document hypertexte, qui pointe vers un autre élément textuel ou multimédia.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
  • Internet y telemática
DEF

Vínculo lógico establecido entre un archivo o documento hipertexto y otro documento o archivo, que suele activarse al seleccionar una palabra o imagen especialmente marcada en un lugar determinado de la pantalla.

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Record 2 2005-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

You can link to documents in other directories by specifying the relative path from the current document to the linked document. ... These are called relative links because you are specifying the path to the linked file relative to the location of the current file.

CONT

When you create a hyperlink, you can have the link point to a page in your own Web site. That kind of link is called a local link.

OBS

The terms internal link, relative link, local link, and intrasite link refer to links that occur within the same page as well as links that go to different pages within the same site.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
CONT

Les erreurs se cachent le plus souvent à l'intérieur des liens relatifs (voir Chapitre 6), c'est-à-dire à l'intérieur des liens qui se bornent à spécifier une adresse en partant du répertoire où est stocké le document d'origine.

CONT

Les liens servent à diriger le visiteur vers d'autres sections du même site (liens internes).

OBS

Les termes lien interne et lien relatif font référence à des liens qui existent à l'intérieur de la même page et entre des pages différentes à l'intérieur du même site.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Internet y telemática
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Record 3 2004-04-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

A stale link is a hyperlink in your document that has moved or disappeared.

CONT

The so-called broken link is a message "404 Not Found" that pops up during a search and brings it to a halt, signalling that the website being sought is defunct or has moved without leaving a forwarding address.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
DEF

Dans l'explorateur FrontPage, lien qui ne désigne pas correctement une page ou un autre fichier Internet. Un lien brisé indique un URL incorrect ou une page ou un fichier manquant.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Internet y telemática
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