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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>hotlink</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../H.html" title="H"/><link rel="previous" href="hot-spot.html" title="hot spot"/><link rel="next" href="house-wizard.html" title="house wizard"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">hotlink</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="hot-spot.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">H</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="house-wizard.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="hotlink"/><dt xmlns="" id="hotlink"><b>hotlink</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/hot´link/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> A <a href="hot-spot.html"><i class="glossterm">hot spot</i></a> on a World Wide Web page; an area,
which, when clicked or selected, chases a URL. Also spelled &#8216;hot
link&#8217;. Use of this term focuses on the link's role as an immediate
part of your display, as opposed to the timeless sense of logical
connection suggested by <a href="../W/web-pointer.html"><i class="glossterm">web pointer</i></a>. Your screen
shows hotlinks but your document has web pointers, not (in normal usage)
the other way around.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="hot-spot.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../H.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="house-wizard.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">hot spot </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> house wizard</td></tr></table></div></body></html>